Published October 3, 1985
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Journal article
Is Cygnus X-3 strange
- 1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA). Theory Dept.
- 2. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Physics
- 3. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Center for Theoretical Physics
Description
We discuss the recently reported measurements of the properties of high energy cosmic rays arriving from the direction of the compact binary X-ray source Cygnus X-3. We argue that the source of these events may be a strange quark star, and that the primary which directly produces them is a low baryon number neutral hadron with multiple strangeness which is stable up to (at least) simultaneous double strangeness changing weak decays. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 160
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 181-187
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 17005050
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BINARY STARS; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; STRANGE PARTICLES; STRANGENESS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; STARS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract PHY-84-15064; DE-AC02-76ER03069