High-Resolution Measurements of Slowing Cosmic Rays from Fe to U
- 22 February 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 26 (8), 463-466
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.26.463
Abstract
We have identified cosmic rays with slowing in a balloon-borne stack. The values of assigned by both Lexan plastic detectors and nuclear emulsions were the same to within two units. Both low- and high-energy heavy cosmic rays are synthesized in the rapid neutron-capture process.
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