Published April 1981 | Version v1
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Cosmic ray antimatter: is it primary or secondary

Description

The relative merits and difficulties of the primary and secondary origin hypotheses for the observed cosmic ray antiprotons, including the low energy measurement of Buffington, were examined. It is concluded that the cosmic ray antiproton data may be strong evidence for antimatter galaxies and baryon symmetric cosmology. The present antiproton data are consistent with a primary extragalactic component having antiproton/proton approximately equal to .0032 + or - 0.7

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A02/MF A01.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
NASA-TM--82118

Conference

Title
17. International cosmic ray conference.
Dates
13 - 25 Jul 1981.
Place
Paris, France.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
13697744
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANTIMATTER; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; RADIATIONS