Contributions from nearby pulsars to the local cosmic ray electron spectrum

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-503

  Busching I ^a   Venter, C ^a   de Jager, O C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray electrons; Geminga; Local interstellar spectrum; Millisecond pulsar; PSR J0437 4715

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; ELECTRONS;

COSMIC RAY ELECTRONS; GEMINGA; LOCAL INTERSTELLAR SPECTRUM; MILLISECOND PULSARS; PSR J0437-4715;

PULSARS;

EID: 44849126737     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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