High energy neutrino, photon, and cosmic ray fluxes from VHS cosmic strings

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Wichoski, Ubi F ^a,b   MacGibbon, Jane H ^c   Brandenberger, Robert H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; GRAVITY; PHOTON; PHYSICS; RADIATION;

EID: 85038318160     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.063005     Document Type: Article

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