VI. The origin of cosmic ray stars

Abstract

Estimates for the energy and momentum lost by particles which produce stars when passing through the nuclei in a photographic emulsion support the conclusions reached in a previous paper that the majority of disintegrations are not produced by neutrons which are captured in a single nuclear encounter. The ratio of these two quantities, which have been obtained from the detailed statistical analysis of the various particles produced in nuclear disintegrations, suggests that nuclei are partially transparent to high energy neutrons which at 3600 m. have sufficient energy to produce a small number of stars.