Axionlike particles as ultrahigh energy cosmic rays?

Physical Review D

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Gorbunov, D S ^a   Raffelt, G G ^b   Semikoz, D V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHOTON;

EID: 85037919726     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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