Centaurus A as a source of extragalactic cosmic rays with arrival energies well beyond the GZK cutoff
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A ug 1 99 6 Centaurus A as a source of extragalactic cosmic rays with arrival energies well beyond the GZK cutoff Gustavo
The ultra–high energy cosmic rays recently detected by several air shower experiments could have an extragalactic origin. In this case, the nearest active galaxy Centaurus A might be the source of the most energetic particles ever detected on Earth. We have used recent radio observations in order to estimate the arrival energy of the protons accelerated by strong shock fronts in the outer parts...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astroparticle Physics
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0927-6505
DOI: 10.1016/0927-6505(96)00029-1