Solar System objects as cosmic rays detectors

In a recent Letter (Rimmer et al. 2014), Jupiter is presented as an efficient detector for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), through measurement by an Earth-orbiting satellite of gamma rays from UHECRs showers produced in Jupiter's atmosphere. We show that this result is incorrect, due to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	arXiv.org 2014-05
Hauptverfasser:	Privitera, Paolo, Motloch, Pavel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Angular distribution Cosmic rays Detectors Gamma rays Jupiter Jupiter atmosphere Object recognition Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Solar system Target detection
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