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Anomalous Cosmic Rays: A Sample of Interstellar Matter

R. A. Mewaldt, R. A. Leske, J. R. Cummings

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Anomalous cosmic rays are a sample of the neutral interstellar \nmedium that has been accelerated to energies of ~1 to 50 MeV/nuc. \nA comparison of ^(22)Ne/^(20)Ne measurements from various sources implies \nthat galactic cosmic rays with energies > 100 MeV/nuc are not simply \nan accelerated sample of the local interstellar medium.

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Key concepts: Cosmic ray, Physics, Interstellar medium, Astrophysics, COSMIC cancer database, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Astronomy, Nuclear physics