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Mass measurements have been performed on stopping cosmic ray carbon nuclei in a nuclear emulsion stack, which was exposed to the primary radiation in a high altitude balloon flight. The mass determinations are based on measurements of mean track width and residual range in the range intervals 0<R<0.75 mm and 1<R<12 mm. The mean track width measurements have been performed with nuclear track photometers of special construction. The mass measurements in the interval 0<R<0.75 mm have given a nearly symmetrical mass distribution. The width of the distribution is equal to that expected for a distribution which contains only one isotope. The result indicates that one of the stable isotopes is appreciably more abundant than the other. The measurements in the range interval 1<R<12 mm gave the isotopic ratio13C/12C+13C)=0.08. The ratio has been extrapolated to the cosmic ray source. It is found to be smaller in the source than at the point of measurement. Different assumptions about the origin of the cosmic radiation are discussed with regard to the results obtained in this investigation.
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Jönsson, G., Kristiansson, K. & Malmqvist, L. The relative abundance of the carbon isotopes12C and13C in primary cosmic radiation. Astrophys Space Sci 7, 231–251 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653610
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