Is there a 4.5 PeV neutron line in the cosmic ray spectrum?
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
Recently we presented a model to fit the cosmic ray spectrum using the hypothesis that the electron neutrino is a tachyon. The model predicted the existence of a neutron flux in the cosmic rays in a narrow region centered on E = 4.5 +/- 2.2 PeV. The published literature on Cygnus X-3 reveals just such a spike of neutral particles centered on E = 4.5 PeV. A second prediction of the model concerning integrated neutron fluxes at several energies also is consistent with published data. A specific further test of the model is proposed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9904290,
title = {Is there a 4.5 PeV neutron line in the cosmic ray spectrum?},
author = {R. Ehrlich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9904290},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Published in Phys. Rev. D, 60 73005 (1999), 5 pages and 1 figure