Cosmic Ray Produced Ar37 and Ar39 Activities in Recently Fallen Meteorites
Description:
Several methods of determining meteorite ages depend ages upon nuclides formed by cosmic ray interactions. The tactic assumption is always made that the intensity of cosmic radiation does not vary in time or space. However it is known that the intensity of cosmic radiation at the earth varies with the solar activity. The spectrum of cosmic ray protons and alpha particles exhibit a marked drop at the low energy end (<1.5 GeV) and the intensity in the region appears to follow the 11 year cycle of…
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Date:
February 1, 1968
Creator:
Davis, R. Jr.; Stoenner, R. W. & Schaeffer, O. A.