Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icrc....2..338d&link_type=abstract
In its 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf., Vol. 2 p 338-341 (SEE N85-34006 22-93)
Computer Science
Antiprotons, Pair Production, Proton-Proton Reactions, Relativistic Plasmas, Secondary Cosmic Rays, Nuclear Interactions, Plasma Spectra, Proton Density (Concentration), Protons, Radiant Flux Density, Thermal Plasmas
Scientific paper
The possibility is investigated that the reported excess low energy antiproton component of the cosmic radiation results from proton-proton (p-p) interactions in relativistic plasmas. Because of both target and projectile motion in such plasmas, the antiproton production threshold in the frame of the plasma is much lower than the threshold of antiproton production in cosmic ray interactions with ambient matter. The spectrum of the resultant antiprotons therefore extends to much lower energy than in the cosmic ray case. The antiproton spectrum is calculated for relativistic thermal plasmas and the spectrum is estimated for relativistic nonthermal plasmas. As possible production sites, matter accreting onto compact objects located in the galaxy is considered. Possible overproduction of gamma rays from associated neutral pion production can be avoided if the site is optically thick to the photons but not to the antiprotons. A possible scenario involves a sufficiently large photon density that the neutral pion gamma rays are absorbed by photon-photon pair production. Escape of the antiprotons to the interstellar medium can be mediated by antineutron production.
Dermer Carles D.
Ramaty Reuven
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