Sgr a east as a possible high energy neutron factory in the Galactic Centre

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-288

  Grasso, Dario ^a,b   MacCione, Luca ^b,c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

rays; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COSMIC RAYS; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTONS;

Γ- RAYS; GALACTIC CENTER (GC); PHOTO-DISINTEGRATION; ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 25444435397     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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