On the origin of IceCube's PeV neutrinos

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cholis, Ilias ^a   Hooper, Dan ^a,b  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active galactic nuclei; Gamma ray bursts theory; Neutrino astronomy; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880754703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/06/030     Document Type: Article

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