Cosmic-ray abundances of individual elements in the Z interval between 26 and 30

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Abundance, Balloon Sounding, Cosmic Rays, Meteoritic Composition, Nuclei (Nuclear Physics), Balloon-Borne Instruments, Data Reduction, Mass Ratios, Metals, Nuclear Fusion, Solar System

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The relative abundances of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn in the cosmic rays have been measured using a large-area balloon-borne electronic detector system. The abundance ratios Ni/Fe and Zn/Fe are 5.0 + or - 0.2% and 0.06 + or - 0.01%, respectively. The Zn abundance is low (40%) compared with the Cameron (1973) (C1) solar system, and is best consistent with the solar system C2 meteorite abundances. The ratios Co/Fe and Cu/Fe, extrapolated to the top of the atmosphere, are 0.68 + or - 0.14% and 0.066 + or - 0.030% respectively; since charge peaks are not resolved at Co and Cu, these results are taken as upper limits of 0.8% and 0.1%, respectively. The Co upper limit is consistent with complete decay of Co-57 at the source and implies a lower limit of 2 years for the time between nucleosynthesis and acceleration of these nuclei.

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