Loops and spurs: The angular power spectrum of the Galactic synchrotron background

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Mertsch, Philipp ^a   Sarkar, Subir ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absorption and radiation processes; Cosmic ray theory; Galactic magnetic fields; Supernova remnants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880654149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/06/041     Document Type: Article

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