Can high energy cosmic rays be vortons?

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 161-172

  Bonazzola, Silvano ^a   Peter, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0031161191     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(97)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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