The puzzling MILAGRO hot spots

Preprint

23 April 2008

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.0802.4403

Abstract

We discuss the reported detection by the MILAGRO experiment of localised hot spots in the cosmic ray arrival distribution and the difficulty of interpreting these observations. A model based on secondary neutron production in the heliotail is shown to fail. An alternative model based on loss-cone leakage through a magnetic trap from a local source region is proposed.

Keywords

REPORTED DETECTION
PUZZLING MILAGRO
LOCAL SOURCE
MILAGRO HOT
HOT SPOTS
NEUTRON
LEAKAGE

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