Publication Date:
2015-09-15
Description:
Author(s): Andrew M. Taylor, Markus Ahlers, and Dan Hooper Using recent measurements of the spectrum and chemical composition of the highest energy cosmic rays, we consider the sources of these particles. We find that these data strongly prefer models in which the sources of the ultra-high-energy cosmic rays inject predominantly intermediate mass nuclei, wi… [Phys. Rev. D 92, 063011] Published Mon Sep 14, 2015
Keywords:
Astrophysics
Print ISSN:
0556-2821
Electronic ISSN:
1089-4918
Topics:
Physics