The elemental composition of cosmic rays from Be to Zn as measured by the French Danish instrument on HEAO-3
Abstract
The relative abundances of elements from beryllium to zinc in cosmic rays were measured by the French-Danish instrument on HEAO-3 in 12 energy windows from 0.7 to 20 GeV/nucleon. The event selection used several criteria on the signals from the counters and on the hodoscope response. Coefficients of correction were applied to the raw data to correct for biases caused by selection procedure and particle-instrument interaction.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ICRC....9...97E
- Keywords:
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- Abundance;
- Chemical Composition;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Heao 3;
- Particle Interactions;
- Cerenkov Counters;
- Energy Spectra;
- Hodoscopes;
- Nuclei (Nuclear Physics);
- Nucleons;
- Space Radiation;
- ABUNDANCE;
- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;
- COSMIC RAYS;
- HEAO 3;
- PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;
- CERENKOV COUNTERS;
- ENERGY SPECTRA;
- HODOSCOPES;
- NUCLEI (NUCLEAR PHYSICS);
- NUCLEONS