Leske, R. A. and Mewaldt, R. A. and Cohen, C. M. S. and Cummings, A. C. and Slocum, P. L. and Stone, E. C. and von Rosenvinge, T. T. and Wiedenbeck, M. E. (1999) Measurements of the Heavy-Ion Isotopic Composition of Solar Energetic Particles. In: Proceedings of the 26th International Cosmic Ray Conference. Vol.6. International Union of Pure and Applied Physics , p. 139. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150212-094216395
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Using the Solar Isotope Spectrometer (SIS) on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft, we have measured the isotopic composition of ten elements from C to Ni (Z = 6 to 28) at energies of tens of MeV/nucleon in as many as nine solar energetic particle (SEP) events that have occurred since November 1997. We find that the isotopic composition varies dramatically from event to event. For example, the ^(22)Ne/^(20)Ne ratio ranges from ~0.7 to 2 times the solar wind value. The mass fractionation is strongly correlated with the Fe/O and other element abundance ratios, suggesting that the elemental and isotopic fractionation are governed by the same process.
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