High-Energy Primary Electrons and the Universal Blackbody Radiation
- 13 February 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 18 (7) , 253-255
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.18.253
Abstract
We show that in the framework of the galactic-halo model, the recent measurements of the electron energy spectrum in the 1- to 350-GeV energy interval are compatible with the presence of a universal blackbody radiation (∼3.5°K). The lifetime of the halo electrons is estimated to be (1.5-3) × sec.
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