Ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger observatory first direct evidence, and its implications, that a subset originate in nearby radiogalaxies

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 879-885

  Nagar, N M ^a   Matulich, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; ISM: cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERICS; AUGERS; BUILDINGS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OBSERVATORIES;

ACTIVE - GALAXIES; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES; EXPOSURE TIMES; GALAXIES: ACTIVE; GALAXIES: JETS; ISM: COSMIC RAYS; ISOTROPIC DISTRIBUTIONS; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; RADIO JETS; RADIO-GALAXIES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 51949109170     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810108     Document Type: Article

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