Published November 25, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Cygnus X-3 as a source of high-energy free gluons

Creators

  • 1. Institute of High-Energy Physics

Description

An interpretation is proposed for the unusual properties observed experimentally for the ultrahigh-energy muons that are produced by radiation from the galactic source Cygnus X-3. Specifically, it is suggested that these properties result from the production of these muons by free gluons. This interpretation is supported by the angular spread of the muons around the direction to the source. This spread is attributed here to a multiple scattering of ultrahigh-energy gluons by a thermal gluon gas

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
10
Series
JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
532-535
ISSN
0021-3640
CODEN
JTPLA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17048853
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; GLUONS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; MUONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RAY SOURCES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; SCATTERING

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Pis'ma v Zhurnal Ehksperimental'noj i Teoreticheskoj Fiziki (USSR).