Published August 1985
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Isotopic composition of cosmic ray chlorine
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The isotopic composition of galactic cosmic ray chlorine (approx. = 225 MeV/amu) has been studied using the high energy cosmic ray experiment on the International Sun Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) spacecraft. The abundances of 35C1 and 37C1 are found to be consistent with the secondary production expected from a propagation model developed to account for both light and subiron secondaries. An upper limit on the abundance of the radioactive isotope 36C1 (halflife approx. = 0.3 Myr) is used to set a lower limit on the confinement time of cosmic rays of approximately 1 Myr
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Ninteenth International Cosmic Ray Conference. OG sessions, volume 2
- Journal Page Range
- vp.
- Report number
- NASA-CP--2376-VOL-2
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- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17080779
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- CHLORINE; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ISOTOPE RATIO; MAGNESIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEON; SILICON; WAVE PROPAGATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ELEMENTS; HALOGENS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; METALS; NONMETALS; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES; SEMIMETALS