The trapped anomalous component of the cosmic rays: The short overview of experimentsстатья
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Аннотация:The experimental data on the chemical composition of galactic cosmic rays (GCR) are analysed in the energy range between approximate to10 MeV/nucl and approximate toPeV. The lower part of the energy range corresponds to the so-called anomalous cosmic rays (ACR). These particles with low charge values can easily penetrate through the Earth's magnetic field and after charge-exchange with neutrals of the Earth's atmosphere increase their charge states to full stripping. As a result of satellite experiments it was shown, that these secondary particles can become trapped in the geomagnetic field and form a radiation belt. Below a short survey of the experimental results which led to this discovery is given.