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Do comets provide material for the anomalous component of the cosmic rays?

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MATTER from comets is proposed here to form a significant part of the source material for the ‘anomalous component’ of the cosmic rays. As a result it is concluded that certain molecular ions, such as CO+, should be present at energies around 10 MeV per nucleon.

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    P. H. FOWLER, R. M. REDFERN & S. P. SWORDY

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FOWLER, P., REDFERN, R. & SWORDY, S. Do comets provide material for the anomalous component of the cosmic rays?. Nature 279, 622–624 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/279622b0

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