Do comets provide material for the anomalous component of the cosmic rays? [7]

P. H. Fowler; R. M. Redfern; S. P. Swordy

doi:10.1038/279622b0

Do comets provide material for the anomalous component of the cosmic rays? [7]

P. H. Fowler, R. M. Redfern, S. P. Swordy

University of Bristol

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Abstract

MATTER from comets is proposed here to form a significant part of the source material for the 'anomalous component' of the cosmic rays. As a result it is concluded that certain molecular ions, such as CO⁺, should be present at energies around 10 MeV per nucleon.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	622-624
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	279
Issue number	5714
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/279622b0
Publication status	Published - 1979
Externally published	Yes

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