Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray acceleration in engine-driven relativistic supernovae

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chakraborti, S ^a,b   Ray, A ^a,b   Soderberg, A M ^b   Loeb, A ^b   Chandra, P ^c  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; ENGINEERING; EVOLUTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHYSICS; ULTRA HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAY; X RAY; ACCELERATION; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MAGNETISM; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ACCELERATION; ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA; COSMIC RADIATION; MAGNETICS; RADIO WAVES; STARS, CELESTIAL;

EID: 79551576882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1178     Document Type: Article

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