A cosmic-ray positron anisotrqpy due to two middle-aged, nearby pulsars?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 678, Issue 1 PART 2, 2008, Pages

  Busching I ^a,b   De Jager, O C ^a,b,c   Potgieter, M S ^a,b   Venter, C ^a,b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (South Africa)

^c Department of Science and Technology and National   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Cosmic rays; Diffusion; Pulsars

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749094652     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588465     Document Type: Article

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