GZK photons as ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1061-1082

  Gelmini, G B ^a,b   Kalashev, O E ^c   Semikoz, D V ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTONS;

PHOTO PRODUCTION; PHOTON FRACTION; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 47849113597     PISSN: 10637761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S106377610806006X     Document Type: Article

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