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  • GALACTIC COSMIC RAY ORIGINS...
    Murphy, R. P.; Sasaki, M.; Binns, W. R.; Brandt, T. J.; Hams, T.; Israel, M. H.; Labrador, A. W.; Link, J. T.; Mewaldt, R. A.; Mitchell, J. W.; Rauch, B. F.; Sakai, K.; Stone, E. C.; Waddington, C. J.; Walsh, N. E.; Ward, J. E.; Wiedenbeck, M. E.

    The Astrophysical journal, 11/2016, Letnik: 831, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    ABSTRACT We report abundances of elements from 26Fe to 40Zr in the cosmic radiation measured by the SuperTIGER (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder) instrument during 55 days of exposure on a long-duration balloon flight over Antarctica. These observations resolve elemental abundances in this charge range with single-element resolution and good statistics. These results support a model of cosmic ray origin in which the source material consists of a mixture of % material from massive stars and ∼81% normal interstellar medium material with solar system abundances. The results also show a preferential acceleration of refractory elements (found in interstellar dust grains) by a factor of ∼4 over volatile elements (found in interstellar gas) ordered by atomic mass (A). Both the refractory and volatile elements show a mass-dependent enhancement with similar slopes.