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Abstract
The energy spectra of H-2 and H-3 nuclei up to energies of 450 and 800 MeV nucleon, respectively, were measured during a balloon flight of the NASA/NMSU Balloon Borne Magnet Facility on September 5, 1989. These isotopes were cleanly resolved from the more abundant H-1 and He-4 using a measurement of rigidity versus velocity as measured in a high-resolution scintillation counter. After correction for atmospheric secondaries the measured H-2/He-4 and He-3/He-4 ratios are both consistent with the production expected if H-1 and He-4 have the same path length in the galaxy as heavier cosmic-ray nuclei such as C and Fe, to within about 20 percent. Solar modulation effects play an important role in this uncertainty. This result favors a generally similar propagation history, along with similar types of sources for H-1 and He-4 and the heavier cosmic-ray nuclei.
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