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A Search for Cosmic Rays Streaming Out of the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

A. G. Fenton  and
K. B. Fenton
A. G. Fenton
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Tasmania
K. B. Fenton
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Tasmania
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Evidence has been mounting for some years that cosmic rays have a dwell time in the disk of the Galaxy of 106-107 years. This evidence comes mainly from the study of the chemical composition of the cosmic rays, for if the particles were stored in the Galaxy for a longer time the heavy nuclei would suffer more collisions with interstellar matter and would be broken down into lighter nuclei or protons (see, for example, Shapiro).

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , October 1972 , pp. 139 - 140
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1972

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