Anomalous Cosmic Rays
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We review the observed properties of anomalous cosmic rays and the present status of our knowledge of the processes by which they originate. We compiled a comprehensive set of ACR energy spectral data from various spacecraft throughout the heliosphere during the passes of Ulysses over the poles of the Sun and present first results of a detailed modeling effort. In several contributions, we discuss the questions of injection and possible pre-acceleration of pickup ions, summarize new observations on the ionic charge composition, and present new results on the composition of minor ions in ACRs. Space Science Reviews 83: 259-308, 1998. © 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in Belgium. 260 B. KLECKER, R.A. MEWALDT, ET AL.
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