Published September 26, 1983
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Journal article
Distributed acceleration of cosmic rays
- 1. E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
Description
It is proposed that the acceleration of cosmic rays is distributed over their propagation through interstellar space. Thus after most nuclear fragmentation reactions in the interstellar medium, cosmic rays gain about a factor of 5 in energy. This hypothesis resolves several discrepancies in composition at different energies. The present results suggest that after the principal acceleration and during their galactic confinement, cosmic rays are further accelerated by the weak shocks of widely distributed old supernova remnants
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 13
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1217-1220
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15015745
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COSMIC NUCLEI; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; IRRADIATION; MECHANICAL FRAGMENTATION; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; NUCLEI; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SPACE