On a mechanism of highest-energy cosmic ray acceleration
Astrophysics
2009-11-06 v1
Abstract
A recently proposed mechanism of acceleration of highest energy cosmic rays by polarization electric fields arising in plasmoids injected into neutron star magnetospheres is discussed.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0104093,
title = {On a mechanism of highest-energy cosmic ray acceleration},
author = {C. Litwin and R. Rosner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0104093},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, to appear in Proc. of 20th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, uses aipproc (included)