Constraints on injection parameters of cosmic rays in the Galactic center from resolved HESS observations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-496

  Busching I ^a   de Jager, O C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray origin; Cosmic ray propagation; Galactic center; SgrA East; SgrA *; VHE radiation

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DIFFUSION;

COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION; GALACTIC CENTER; GALACTIC CENTER REGION; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; INJECTION PARAMETERS; PROTON ACCELERATION; PULSAR WIND NEBULA; SGRA EAST;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 44849124461     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.03.068     Document Type: Article

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