On the origin of ultra high energy cosmic rays: Subluminal and superluminal relativistic shocks

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 492, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-336

  Meli, A ^a,b,c   Becker, J K ^b,d   Quenby, J J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Magnetic fields; Scattering; Shock waves; Waves

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FLUXES; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS; SHOCK WAVES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STARS;

ACCELERATED PARTICLES; ACCELERATION OF PARTICLES; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUSES; ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; EXTRAGALACTIC SOURCES; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; LORENTZ FACTORS; MODEL RESULTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATIONS; PHOTON FLUXES; PROTON FLUXES; SHOCK ENVIRONMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SUBLUMINAL; SUPERLUMINAL; SYSTEMATIC STUDIES; ULTRA HIGHS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 57349093491     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078681     Document Type: Article

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