The Composition of Matter

Foreword.- Acknowledgement.- Linking Primordial to Solar and Galactic Composition.- Origin and Evolution of the Light Nuclides.- Abundances of Light Elements.- The Milky Way 3-Helium Abundance.- Dark Matter Searches.- Comets and Chemical Composition.- Elemental Abundances of the Bulk Solar Wind: Analyses from Genesis and ACE.- Presolar Grains in Meteorites and Their Compositions.- Planetary Atmospheres.- The Solar Chemical Composition.- Spectroscopic Measurement of Coronal Compositions.- Solar Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy.- The Composition of the Solar Wind in Polar Coronal Holes.- Acceleration and Composition of Solar Wind Suprathermal Tails.- Solar and Solar-Wind Composition Results from the Genesis Mission.- Isotopic Composition of the Solar Wind Inferred from In-Situ Spacecraft Measurements.- Solar Elemental Composition Based on Studies of Solar Energetic Particles.- Solar Isotopic Composition as Determined Using Solar Energetic Particles.- On the Differences in Composition between Solar Energetic Particles and Solar Wind.- What Determines the Composition of SEPs in Gradual Events?.- 3He-Rich Solar Energetic Particle Events.- Evidence for a Two-Stage Acceleration Process in Large Solar Energetic Particle Events.- Particle Acceleration at Interplanetary Shocks.- Ionic Charge States of Solar Energetic Particles: A Clue to the Source.- Pickup Ions and Cosmic Rays from Dust in the Heliosphere.- Composition of Light Solar Wind Noble Gases in the Bulk Metallic Glass flown on the Genesis Mission.- Fe/O Ratios in Interplanetary Shock Accelerated Particles.- The Genesis Solar Wind Concentrator Target: Mass Fractionation Characterised by Neon Isotopes.- Nickel Isotopic Composition and Nickel/Iron Ratio in the Solar Wind: Results from SOHO/CELIAS/MTOF.- Long-Term Fluences ofSolar Energetic Particles from H to Fe.- Determination of Sulfur Abundance in the Solar Wind.- An Update on Ultra-Heavy Elements in Solar Energetic Particles above 10 MeV/Nucleon.- The Local Interstellar Medium: Peculiar or Not?.- The Local Bubble and Interstellar Material Near the Sun.- D/H and Nearby Interstellar Cloud Structures.- Filtration of Interstellar Atoms through the Heliospheric Interface.- Composition of Anomalous Cosmic Rays.- Interstellar Dust in the Solar System.- The Chemical Composition of Interstellar Matter at the Solar Location.- An Overview of the Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays as Inferred from Observations of Heavy Ion Composition and Spectra.- Galactic Wind: Mass Fractionation and Cosmic Ray Acceleration.- OB Associations, Wolf–Rayet Stars, and the Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays.- GEMS at the Galactic Cosmic-Ray Source.- The Ultra Heavy Elements in the Cosmic Radiation.- The Composition of Cosmic Rays and the Mixing of the Interstellar Medium.- Johannes Geiss Contributions to the Early Universe Abundances.- Johannes Geiss: The Humble Beginnings of an Octogenarian.- Johannes Geiss’ Investigations of Solar, Heliospheric and Interstellar Matter.- Johannes Geiss: Explorer of the Elements.