Cosmic necklaces and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 5202-5205

  Berezinsky, Veniamin ^a   Vilenkin, Alexander ^b  

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001678389     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.5202     Document Type: Article

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