Pulsars as the sources of high energy cosmic ray positrons

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hooper, Dan ^a,b   Blasi, Pasquale ^a,c,d   Serpico, Pasquale Dario ^a,e  

^a NASA FERMILAB ASTROPHYSICS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^d LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Dark matter; Neutron stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649152746     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/025     Document Type: Article

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