Ultra-high energy cosmic rays from shocks in the lobes of powerful radio galaxies
The origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) has been an open question for decades. Here, we use a combination of hydrodynamic simulations and general physical arguments to demonstrate that UHECRs can in principle be produced by diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) in shocks in the backflowing...
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Oxford University Press
2018
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