Ultra high energy cosmic rays and the large scale structure of the galactic magnetic field
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- 17 July 1996
Abstract
We study the deflection of ultra high energy cosmic ray protons in different models of the regular galactic magnetic field. Such particles have gyroradii well in excess of 1 kpc and their propagation in the galaxy reflects only the large scale structure of the galactic magnetic field. A future large experimental statistics of cosmic rays of energy above 10$^{19}$ eV could be used for a study of the large scale structure of the galactic magnetic field if such cosmic rays are indeed charged nuclei accelerated at powerful astrophysical objects and if the distribution of their sources is not fully isotropic.Keywords
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- Version 1, 1996-07-17, ArXiv
- Published version: The Astrophysical Journal, 479 (1), 290.
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