The Charge and Energy Spectra of Heavy Cosmic-Ray Nuclei
Abstract
A charged particle detector array flown on a high altitude balloon has detected and measured some 3×104 cosmic-ray nuclei withZ≥12. The charge spectrum at the top of the atmosphere for nuclei withE>650 MeV·n-1 and the energy spectrum for 650≤E<1800 MeV·n-1 are reported and compared with previously published results. The charge spectrum at the ‘source’ of cosmic rays is deduced from these data and compared with a recent compilation of ‘galactic’ abundances.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF01023921
- Bibcode:
- 1978Ap&SS..59..301S
- Keywords:
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- Abundance;
- Charged Particles;
- Energy Spectra;
- Heavy Nuclei;
- Primary Cosmic Rays;
- Balloon-Borne Instruments;
- Iron;
- Nuclear Fusion;
- Particle Acceleration;
- Particle Flux Density;
- Radiation Counters;
- Space Radiation