Tritium Production by High-Energy Protons

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Mar 1956

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1956phrv..101.1557c&link_type=abstract

Physical Review, vol. 101, Issue 5, pp. 1557-1563

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The cross sections for tritium production in various substances by 450-Mev and 2.05-Bev protons have been measured. The nitrogen and oxygen cross sections-25+/-4 mb and 30+/-4 mb, respectively, at 2.05 Bev-lead to a world-wide average tritium production rate by cosmic rays of 0.14+0.10-0.03 tritons/cm2 sec, in good agreement with the observed value. The iron cross section-53+/-8 mb at 2.05 Bev-suggests a rate of production of 8.8×10-4 triton/g sec near the surface of a large meteorite in outer space. For the small Mt. Ayliff iron meteorite an age of 1.4×109 years was calculated from the observed He3 content. Finally, the results for tritium production have been compared to those for other light particles.

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