The Isotopic Composition of Solar Flare Accelerated Neon
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The individual isotopes of neon in energetic solar flare particles have been clearly resolved with arms mass resolution of 0.20 amu. We find 20Ne/22Ne = 7.6 ( +2.0, -1.8) and 21Ne/22Ne < 0.11 in the 11-26 MeV per nucleon interval. This isotopic composition is essentially the same as that of meteoritic planetary neon-A and is significantly different from that of the solar wind. Subject headings: cosmic rays: abundancessolar system: generalSun: abundancesSun: flares
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