Journal article
Cosmic ray acceleration by relativistic shocks: Limits and estimates
- Abstract:
- We examine limits to the energy to which cosmic rays can be accelerated by relativistic shocks, showing that acceleration of light ions as high as 100 EeV is unlikely. The implication of our estimates is that if ultra-high energy cosmic rays are accelerated by shocks, then those shocks are probably not relativistic.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/mnras/stx2485
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- Oxford University Press
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society More from this journal
- Publication date:
- 2017-09-01
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1365-2966
- ISSN:
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0035-8711
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pubs:730836
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- 2017
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- © 2017 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
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