Mewaldt, R. A. and Cummings, A. C. and Leske, R. A. and Selesnick, R. S. and Stone, E. C. and von Rosenvinge, T. T.
(1996)
A Study of the Composition and Energy Spectra of Anomalous Cosmic Rays Using the Geomagnetic Field.
Geophysical Research Letters, 23
(6).
pp. 617-620.
ISSN 0094-8276.
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Abstract
We use instrumentation on SAMPEX and the Earth's field as a magnetic rigidity filter in a “double spectrometer” approach to measure the composition and energy spectra of anomalous cosmic rays (ACRs) with Z≥6. A “pure” sample of anomalous cosmic ray C, N, O, and Ne is obtained, with no significant evidence for other species. The bulk of ACRs are now known to be singly-charged, and the geomagnetic filter allows their energy spectra to be measured to higher energies than before. The anomalous oxygen spectrum is found to extend to at least ∼100 MeV/nuc, which has implications for models of the acceleration of these ions.
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| Additional Information: | © 1996 by the American Geophysical Union.
(Received: August 28, 1995; revised: October 17, 1995; accepted October 23, 1995)
This work was supported by NASA under
NAS5-30704 & NAGW-1919. We appreciate discussions with
A. C. Cummings. |
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| Group: | Space Radiation Laboratory |
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| NASA | NAS5-30704 | | NASA | NAGW-1919 |
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| Space Radiation Laboratory | 1995-44 |
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| Issue or Number: | 6 |
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