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Origin and propagation of galactic cosmic rays
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ormes, Jonathan F. Cesarsky, Catherine J. |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | The study of systematic trends in elemental abundances is important for unfolding the nuclear and/or atomic effects that should govern the shaping of source abundances and in constraining the parameters of cosmic ray acceleration models. In principle, much can be learned about the large-scale distributions of cosmic rays in the galaxy from all-sky gamma ray surveys such as COS-B and SAS-2. Because of the uncertainties in the matter distribution which come from the inability to measure the abundance of molecular hydrogen, the results are somewhat controversial. The leaky-box model accounts for a surprising amount of the data on heavy nuclei. However, a growing body of data indicates that the simple picture may have to be abandoned in favor of more complex models which contain additional parameters. Future experiments on the Spacelab and space station will hopefully be made of the spectra of individual nuclei at high energy. Antiprotons must be studied in the background free environment above the atmosphere with much higher reliability and presion to obtain spectral information. |
| File Size | 2554072 |
| Page Count | 33 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870014824 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9c58h36w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Astrophysics Nuclei Nuclear Physics Shock Wave Propagation Energy Spectra Anisotropy Galactic Cosmic Rays Heao 3 Antiprotons Abundance Diffusion Energetic Particles Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |