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Mewaldt et al. 1996
Mewaldt, R.A., Cummings, J.R., Leske, R.A., Selesnick, R.S., Stone, E.C. and von Rosenvinge, T.T. (1996). A study of the composition and energy spectra of anomalous cosmic rays using the geomagnetic field. Geophysical Research Letters 23: doi: 10.1029/96GL00423. issn: 0094-8276.

We use instrumentation on SAMPEX and the Earth's field as a magnetic rigidity filter in a ''double spectrometer'' approach to measure the composition and energy spectra of anomalous cosmic rays (ACRs) with Z≥6. A ''pure'' sample of anomalous cosmic ray C, N, O, and Ne is obtained, with no significant evidence for other species. The bulk of ACRs are now known to be singly-charged, and the geomagnetic filter allows their energy spectra to be measured to higher energies than before. The anomalous oxygen spectrum is found to extend to at least ~100 MeV/nuc, which has implications for models of the acceleration of these ions. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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Interplanetary Physics, Cosmic rays
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