Constraints on the local sources of ultra high-energy cosmic rays

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Waxman, Eli ^a   Loeb, Abraham ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High energy photons; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350653709     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/08/026     Document Type: Article

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