Gamma-ray constraints on maximum cosmogenic neutrino fluxes and UHECR source evolution models

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gelmini, Graciela B ^a   Kalashev, Oleg ^b   Semikoz, Dmitri V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

ultra high energy cosmic rays; ultra high energy photons and neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856670324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/01/044     Document Type: Article

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