Publication Date:
2012-08-10
Description:
Author(s): Pasquale Blasi, Elena Amato, and Pasquale D. Serpico We show that the complex shape of the cosmic ray (CR) spectrum, as recently measured by PAMELA and inferred from Fermi-LAT γ -ray observations of molecular clouds in the Gould belt, can be naturally understood in terms of basic plasma astrophysics phenomena. A break from a harder to a softer spectrum... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 061101] Published Thu Aug 09, 2012
Keywords:
Gravitation and Astrophysics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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