A model for GCR-particle fluxes in stony meteorites and production rates of cosmogenic nuclides

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Cosmic Rays, Cosmochemistry, Models, Nuclides, Stony Meteorites, Approximation, Chondrites, Energy Spectra, Irradiation, Nuclear Reactions, Particle Tracks, Prediction Analysis Techniques, Meteorites, Stony Meteorites, Models, Cosmic Rays, Flux, Nuclides, Cosmogenic Elements, Production Rates, Particles, Energy, Depth, Samples, Meteorite, Radius, Parameters, Calculations, Chemistry

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A model is presented for the differential fluxes of galactic-cosmic-ray (GCR) particles with energies above 1 MeV inside any spherical stony meteorite as a function of the meteorite's radius and the sample's depth. This model is based on the Reedy-Arnold equations for the energy-dependent fluxes of GCR particles in the moon and is an extension of flux parameters that were derived for several meteorites of various sizes. This flux is used to calculate the production rates of many cosmogenic nuclides as a function of radius and depth. The peak production rates for most nuclides made by the reactions and energetic GCR particles occur near the centers of meteorites with radii of 40 to 70 g/cm (2). Although the model has some limitations, it reproduces well the basic trends for the depth-dependent production of cosmogenic nuclides in stony meteorites of various radii. These production profiles agree fairly well with measurments of cosmogenic nuclides in meteorites. Some of these production profiles are different than those calculated by others. The chemical dependence of the production rates for several nuclides varies with size and depth.

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