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Beryllium isotopes in cosmic radiation measured with plastic detectors

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Zeitschrift für Physik A Atoms and Nuclei

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Plastic stacks consisting of Daicel cellulose nitrate and Kodak cellulose nitrate were flown from Fort Churchill, Canada in 1971 for the study of isotopic components of light nuclei, especially beryllium, in primary cosmic rays. Tracks found in these detectors were analysed for charge and mass identification; the ratio between Be7 and total Be is obtained as 0.64±0.25 at detector level.

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  1. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Mass., USA

    K. Fukui

  2. Institut für Reine und Angewandte Kernphysik, Universität Kiel, Germany

    W. Enge & R. Beaujean

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Partially reported at the 2nd Cosmic Ray Isotope Symposium in Durham, New Hampshire, 1974

NRC-AFCRL Resident Research Associate

The authors express their special gratitude to Professor E. Bagge for use of the facilities in the Institut für Reine und Angewandte Kernphysik in Kiel, Germany. Through the courtesies of Raven Industries, Yale University and CERN, ballon and accelerator exposures were made available for this study. The work was sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Fukui, K., Enge, W. & Beaujean, R. Beryllium isotopes in cosmic radiation measured with plastic detectors. Z Physik A 277, 99–105 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01547508

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