Effect of random nature of cosmic ray sources - Supernova remnants - on cosmic ray intensity fluctuations, anisotropy, and electron energy spectrum

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1909-1912

  Ptuskin, V S ^a,b   Jones, F C ^c   Seo, E S ^b   Sina, R ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Supernova remnants

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONS; PROTONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

COSMIC RAY INTENSITY; ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; FLAT-HALO DIFFUSION MODEL; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 33744922900     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.08.036     Document Type: Article

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