Galactic Cosmic Ray Hydrogen and Helium

Beatty, J. J.

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J. J. Beatty⁵

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The quartet of isotopes of hydrogen(H) and helium(He) are the four most abundant species in the arriving cosmic radiation. In this paper, a brief summary of the spectra snd propagation of these species is given. The reader is referred to Beatty (1986) for a more detailed discussion.

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Beatty, J.J. (1988). Galactic Cosmic Ray Hydrogen and Helium. In: Shapiro, M.M., Wefel, J.P. (eds) Genesis and Propagation of Cosmic Rays. NATO ASI Series, vol 220. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4025-3_4

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