A new limit on the time between the nucleosynthesis and the acceleration of cosmic rays in supernova remnants using the Co/Ni ratio

Details A new limit on the time between the nucleosynthesis and the acceleration of cosmic rays in supernova remnants using the Co/Ni ratio A new limit on the time between the nucleosynthesis and the acceleration of cosmic rays in supernova remnants using the Co/Ni ratio

Jan 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...348..608w&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 348, Jan. 10, 1990, p. 608-610.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Cosmic Rays, Nuclear Fusion, Particle Acceleration, Supernova Remnants, Abundance, Cobalt, Heao 3, Nickel

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Using new cross section measurements of Ni into Co, data on the Co/Ni ratio in cosmic rays from the HEAO C spacecraft have been reinterpreted in terms of the time between nucleosynthesis and the acceleration of cosmic rays, delta t. The observed Co/Ni ratio is now consistent with interstellar fragmentation only, leading to a small or zero source abundance. In terms of the decay of e-process nucleosynthesis nuclides into Co after a supernova explosion, this permits an estimate of delta t = 4-30,000 yr for the time between nucleosynthesis and the acceleration of cosmic rays if supernovae are the direct progenitors of cosmic rays. These age limits are used in conjunction with models of the expansion of supernova remnants (SNRs), to estimate that cosmic rays are accelerated when the radius of these remnants is between 0.1 and 25 pc.

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