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AMS Detector Reveals Surprising Surplus of Cosmic Rays Made of Deuterons


Deuterons -- atomic nuclei made up of a proton and a neutron -- are thought to form in the same way as helium-3 nuclei, in collisions between primary helium-4 nuclei and other nuclei in the interstellar medium.

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