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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.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, 85740, Garching, Germany

    B. Klecker & M. Oetliker

  2. Space Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Downs Lab. M/C 220-47, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    R.A. Mewaldt, A.C. Cummings & R.A. Leske

  3. University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA

    J.W. Bieber

  4. School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland

    L. Drury

  5. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    J. Giacalone & J.R. Jokipii

  6. Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    F.C. Jones & M.G. Baring

  7. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

    M.B. Krainev

  8. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, USA

    M.A. Lee

  9. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    J.A. Le Roux, F.B. Mcdonald & J.E. Mazur

  10. Space Science Dept. of ESA, Postbus 299, 2200 AG, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    R.G. Marsden

  11. Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    R.B. McKibben

  12. Space Research Unit, Department of Physics, Potchefstroom University for CHE, Potchefstroom, South Africa

    C.D. Steenberg & H. Moraal

  13. Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA

    D.C. Ellison

  14. AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 07974, USA

    L.J. Lanzerotti

  15. IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow District, 142092, Russia

    V.S. Ptuskin

  16. The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, 90009, USA

    R.S. Selesnick

  17. Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, UK

    K.J. Trattner

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Klecker, B., Mewaldt, R., Bieber, J. et al. Anomalous Cosmic Rays. Space Science Reviews 83, 259–308 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005031108919

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