Observations of the Li, Be, and B isotopes and constraints on cosmic-ray propagation

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1558-1564

  de Nolfo, G A ^a   Moskalenko, I V ^a,b   Binns, W R ^c   Christian, E R ^d   Cummings, A C ^e   Davis, A J ^e   George, J S ^e,f   Hink, P L ^c   Israel, M H ^c   Leske, R A ^e   Lijowski, M ^c   Mewaldt, R A ^e   Stone, E C ^e   Strong, A W ^g   von Rosenvinge, T T ^a   Wiedenbeck, M E ^h   Yanasak, N E ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

abundances; Cosmic rays; evolution; Galaxy; general; ISM

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSMIC RAYS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACE MISSION; COSMIC-RAY PROPAGATION; REACCELERATION MODEL; SPALLATION;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 33750526039     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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