Measurement of the Isotopic Composition of the Iron-Group Elements in the Galactic Cosmic Radiation
- 11 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (11) , 771-774
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.771
Abstract
With an average amu we have measured the isotopic composition of Cr, Mn, Fe, and Ni in the galactic cosmic radiation for energies ∼300 to ∼600 MeV/amu at the detector. Large deviations from solar-system source composition reported by other workers are not observed.
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