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On the possibility of existence of an additional source of anomalous cosmic rays outside the solar system

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On the basis of experimental data obtained at exposure of solid-state track detectors in the magnetosphere of the Earth during solar flares and in quiet Sun periods, an estimate of possible contribution of singly charged oxygen ions to the flare particle fluxes is made. A possibility is considered of the appearance in the vicinity of the solar system of singly ionized oxygen ions generated on stars.

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    V. V. Bobrovskaya, D. A. Zhuravlev & Ch. A. Tretyakova

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Bobrovskaya, D.A. Zhuravlev, Ch.A. Tretyakova, 2009, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2009, vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 158–163.

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Bobrovskaya, V.V., Zhuravlev, D.A. & Tretyakova, C.A. On the possibility of existence of an additional source of anomalous cosmic rays outside the solar system. Cosmic Res 47, 138–143 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952509020051

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