Relative abundance of the helium isotopes He-3 and He-4 in the cosmic radiation

Details Relative abundance of the helium isotopes He-3 and He-4 in the cosmic radiation Relative abundance of the helium isotopes He-3 and He-4 in the cosmic radiation

Jul 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984phrvl..53..505j&link_type=abstract

Physical Review Letters (ISSN 0031-9007), vol. 53, July 30, 1984, p. 505-508.

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Abundance, Cosmic Rays, Helium Isotopes, Interstellar Gas, Energy Spectra, Geomagnetism, Radiation Transport

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The geomagnetic field near the equator is used to measure the He-3/He-4 abundance ratio near 6 GeV/nucleon. This ratio is found to be 0.24 + or - 0.05, under the assumption that the helium rigidity spectrum has the form dI/dR = about R exp(-2.65). If all He-3 is of secondary origin, this implies an interstellar mean escape-path length of about 15 g/sq cm, a value considerably larger than that determined from observations of heavier elements but compatible with measurements of the helium isotopic ratio at lower energies.

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