Effect of Photomeson Production by the Universal Radiation Field on High-Energy Cosmic Rays

30 September 1968

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 21 (14) , 1016-1018
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.21.1016

Abstract

We have made a detailed calculation of the lifetime and attentuation mean free path of high-energy cosmic rays against photomeson production. The calculation utilized the results of recent laboratory studies of photomeson production which have become available since 1966. The implications of the result are discussed.

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