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Galactic Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectroscopy from the Space Station

Abstract

We discuss prospects for measuring the isotopic composition of galactic cosmic rays with Astromag, a proposed superconducting magnet spectrometer facility for conducting particle astrophysics on the Space Station. Following a brief review of the objectives and status of cosmic ray isotope measurements, we discuss the contribution that Astromag could make in extending these measurements to much higher energy, and present a strawman design for an experiment that might accomplish these goals.

Additional Information

We are grateful to a large number of individuals on the Astromag committee who contributed to the material presented here, including in particular W. R. Binns, T. G. Guzik, M. H. Israel, D. Muller, I. L. Rasmussen, J. P. Wefel, and M. E. Wiedenbeck. One of us (JFO) would like to thank the organizing committee of the Space station Conference for their kind hospitality. The work at Caltech was supported by NASA under grants NAG5-878 and NGR 05-002-160.

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