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The latest results on the composition of cosmic rays, and their theoretical implications, were discussed at a conference held in Cambridge during July 16–19. They point to a thermonuclear origin, but it is still a matter of speculation whether cosmic rays in the solar vicinity are produced in galactic objects such as supernovae, or whether they originate in extragalactic “violent events”.
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Orford, K. J., and Turner, K. E., Nature, 219, 706 (1968).
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REES, M., SARGENT, W. Composition and Origin of Cosmic Rays. Nature 219, 1005–1009 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191005a0
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