Cosmic ray electrons, positrons and the synchrotron emission of the Galaxy: Consistent analysis and implications

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Di Bernardo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Evoli, Carmelo ^c   Gaggero, Daniele ^d,e   Grasso, Dario ^f   Maccione, Luca ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cosmic ray theory; galactic magnetic felds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875843631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/03/036     Document Type: Article

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