Constraint on electromagnetic acceleration of highest energy cosmic rays

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4 2, 2003, Pages 454011-454014

  Medvedev, Mikhail V ^a,b  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXTRAPOLATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

RADIATIVE ENERGIES;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0037528872     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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