Cosmic-ray positrons: Are there primary sources?

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-435

  Coutu, Stéphane ^a   Barwick, Steven W ^b   Beatty, James J ^a   Bhattacharyya, Amit ^c   Bower, Chuck R ^c   Chaput, Christopher J ^d,g   De Nolfo, Georgia A ^a,h   DuVernois, Michael A ^a   Labrador, Allan ^e   McKee, Shawn P ^d   Müller, Dietrich ^e   Musser, James A ^c   Nutter, Scott L ^f   Schneider, Eric ^b   Swordy, Simon P ^e   Tarlé, Gregory ^d   Tomasch, Andrew D ^d   Torbet, Eric ^e,i  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray sources; Electrons; Giant molecular clouds; Positrons; Supersymmetric dark matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033196195     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(99)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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