14–24 Jul 2025
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New constraints in modelling galactic deuterons in the heliosphere

17 Jul 2025, 15:50
15m
Room E

Room E

Talk Solar & Heliospheric Physics SH

Speaker

Innocentia Itumeleng Ramokgaba (1. Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. 2. School of Physical & Chemical Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa)

Description

The interest in the origin and modulation of cosmic ray deuterons is expected to increase significantly now that observations from AMS-02 and PAMELA detectors have become available. Observations made by AMS-02 reveal the spectral shape and features of galactic deuteron over the rigidity range 1.92 GV – 19.5 GV, whereas that from PAMELA are at a lower rigidity, from 0.75 GV – 2.5 GV. These observations provide interesting surprises with subsequent challenges to the established paradigm of the secondary origin of galactic deuterons. In this study a comprehensive 3D numerical model and a set of diffusion and drift coefficients, previously applied to a number of cosmic ray nuclei, together with a newly estimated local interstellar spectrum for deuterons, are used to simulate the modulation of deuteron from 2006 to 2022. The modelling results will be compared to observations made by PAMELA and AMS-02 detectors.

Author

Innocentia Itumeleng Ramokgaba (1. Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. 2. School of Physical & Chemical Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa)

Co-authors

Dr Donald Ngobeni (1. Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. 2. Department of Physical and Earth Sciences, Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, South Africa) Dr Dzivhuluwani Chris Ndiitwani (1. Centre of Space Research, North-west University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. 2. School of Physical & Chemical Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa) O.P.M Aslam (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK) Marius Potgieter (Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany) Riccardo Munini (INFN - Universita Studi Trieste) Mirko Boezio (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) Alex Lenni (INFN) Alessandro Sotgiu (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, V. della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy) Matteo Martucci (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) Francesco Palma

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