Measurements of hydrogen and helium isotopes in Galactic cosmic rays from 1978 through 1984

Details Measurements of hydrogen and helium isotopes in Galactic cosmic rays from 1978 through 1984 Measurements of hydrogen and helium isotopes in Galactic cosmic rays from 1978 through 1984

Apr 1986

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 303, April 15, 1986, p. 816-828.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Galactic Cosmic Rays, Helium Isotopes, Hydrogen Isotopes, Abundance, Calibrating, Energy Spectra, Instrument Errors, Time Dependence

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The propagation of light cosmic rays is examined using measurements of the relative abundances of the isotopes H-1, H-2 and He-3 and He-4 made with the ISEE 3 instrumentation. It is believed that cosmic ray particles experience spallation in traveling through the interstellar medium, thereby producing the isotopes examined in the present study. The isotopic ratios are therefore expected to yield data on outward migrating particles, which lose energy while moving toward extragalactic space, i.e., the 'leaky box approximation'. The energy ranges covered are 26-138 MeV/nucleon for H-1 and He-4, 24-89 MeV/nucleon for H-2 and 43-146 MeV/nucleon for He-3. Solar activity ranged from minimum to maximum over the observational period. Details of the experimental strategies, instrumentation features and calibration techniques employed with the particle detectors are provided. Histograms were geneated of the energies attributable to each particle track and mass ratios of the various isotopes were calculated over the measured energy ranges. Account was taken of errors introduced by solar modulation, and an escape path length of 5.6-7.8 g/sq cm was estimated for particle propagation through the Galaxy. The projected path length agrees with previous estimates based on data from heavier cosmic ray nuclei.

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