From cosmic ray source to the Galactic pool
The Galactic cosmic ray spectrum is a remarkably straight power law. Our current understanding is that the dominant sources that accelerate cosmic rays up to the knee ($3 \times 10^{15}$ eV) or perhaps even the ankle ($3 \times 10^{18}$ eV), are young Galactic supernova remnants. In theory, however,...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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