Published March 2007 | Version v1
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Open questions with ultra-high energy cosmic rays

Creators

  • 1. INAF/Osservatorio Astro.sico di Arcetri, Florence (Italy)

Description

We briefly discuss three aspects related to the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) namely: 1) particle acceleration in astrophysical sources; 2) transition to an extragalactic origin; 3) spectrum and anisotropies at the highest energies

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/60/1/004;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
60
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 20-25
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
TeV particle astrophysics II workshop
Dates
28-31 Aug 2006
Place
Madison, WI (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38078412
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; EEV RANGE; ENERGY SPECTRA; ORIGIN
Descriptors DEC
DETECTION; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA