Localized Galactic sources and their contribution beyond the second knee

The energy range encompassing the ankle of the cosmic ray energy spectrum probably marks the exhaustion of the accelerating sources in our Galaxy, as well as the end of the Galactic confinement. Furthermore, this is the region where the extragalactic flux penetrates the interstellar medium and start...

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Veröffentlicht in:	arXiv.org 2009-08
Hauptverfasser:	De Donato, Cinzia, Medina-Tanco, Gustavo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acceleration Cosmic ray propagation Cosmic rays Energy spectra Exhaustion Interstellar matter Knee Milky Way Galaxy Supernova remnants Supernovae Two dimensional models
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