Identifying nearby accelerators of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays using ultrahigh energy (and very high energy) photons

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Taylor, A M ^a   Hinton, J A ^b   Blasi, P ^c   Ave, M ^d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^d EXCELLENCE CLUSTER UNIVERSE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTION LENGTH; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES; VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

AUGERS; COSMOLOGY; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONS; SPACE PROBES;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 68649123136     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.051102     Document Type: Article

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