Centaurus A as a source of extragalactic cosmic rays with arrival energies well beyond the GZK cutoff

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 279-283

  Romero, Gustavo E ^a,b   Combi, Jorge A ^a   Perez Bergliaffa, Santiago E ^b   Anchordoqui, Luis A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE RADIOASTRONOMÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acceleration mechanisms; Active galaxies: Cen A; Propagation effects; UHE cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268984     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-6505(96)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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