Tev and superheavy particles from supersymmetric topological defects, the extragalactic γ-ray background, and the highest energy cosmic rays

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3698-3701

  Bhattacharjee, Pijushpani ^a,b   Shafi, Qaisar ^c   Stecker, F W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 4243634261     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3698     Document Type: Article

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