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The chemical composition of cosmic ray nuclei with 3≤Z≤28 between ∼100 MeV/nuc and a few hundred GeV/nuc are compared with a consistent set of propagation calculations. These include the effects of spallation (energy-dependent cross sections are used), escape and ionization loss in the interstellar medium and deceleration in the solar cavity. This has enabled a consistent study of the cosmic ray pathlength distribution to be made over this entire energy range. Details of the propagation calculation are left to a forthcoming paper.
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Protheroe, R.J., Ormes, J.F., Comstock, G.M. (1981). Interpretation of Cosmic Ray Composition: The Pathlength Distribution. In: Setti, G., Spada, G., Wolfendale, A.W. (eds) Origin of Cosmic Rays. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8475-2_18
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