Cosmic ray propagation time scales: Lessons from radioactive nuclei and positron data

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Blum, Kfir ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmic ray theory; galaxy dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955245388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/037     Document Type: Article

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