Unmasking the tail of the cosmic ray spectrum
Astrophysics
2014-10-13 v2
Abstract
A re-examination of the energy cosmic ray spectrum above eV is presented. The overall data-base provides evidence, albeit still statistically limited, that non-nucleon primaries could be present at the end of the spectrum. In particular, the possible appearance of superheavy nuclei (seldom discussed in the literature) is analysed in detail.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9912081,
title = {Unmasking the tail of the cosmic ray spectrum},
author = {L. A. Anchordoqui and M. T. Dova and T. P. McCauley and S. Reucroft and J. D. Swain},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9912081},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
To appear in Phys. Lett. B with the title ``Possible explanation for the tail of the cosmic ray spectrum''