Closing in on the sources of Galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays

Details Closing in on the sources of Galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays Closing in on the sources of Galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays

2008-09-10

arxiv.org/abs/0809.1874v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Written in celebration of the 75th birthdays of Frank Avignone and Ettore Fiorini and in memory of the 75th birthday of the la

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We speculate that a new generation of particle astrophysics instrumentation will reveal the enigmatic sources of cosmic rays prior to the one hundredth anniversary of their discovery by Hess in 1912. While only a "smoking gun'' is missing for the case that the galactic component of the cosmic ray spectrum originates in supernova remnants, deciphering the origin of the extragalactic component is still at a level of reading tea leaves.

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