Cosmic-ray sum rules

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.83.127301· OSTI ID:21502745

Frandsen, Mads T ^[1]; Masina, Isabella ^[2]; Sannino, Francesco ^[3]

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1. Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP (United Kingdom)
2. Dip. di Fisica dell'Universita di Ferrara and INFN Sez. di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I-44100 Ferrara (Italy)
3. CP3-Origins, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M (Denmark)

We introduce new sum rules allowing to determine universal properties of the unknown component of the cosmic rays; we show how they can be used to predict the positron fraction at energies not yet explored by current experiments, and to constrain specific models.

• OSTI ID: 21502745
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 83, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.127301; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
COSMIC RADIATION
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
LIMITING VALUES
POSITRONS
SIMULATION
SUM RULES
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTIPARTICLES
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
FERMIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
MATTER
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS