Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aph.....1..129x&link_type=abstract
Astroparticle Phys., Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 129 - 131
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
It has been suggested that the highest-energy cosmic rays might be protons resulting from collapsing cosmic strings in the Universe. The authors point out that this mechanism, although attractive, has important shortcomings, notably the fact that gamma rays produced along with the protons and those produced by the protons in their interactions with the cosmic background radiation generate cascades in the Universe and result in unacceptably high fluxes of cosmic gamma rays in the region of hundreds of MeV.
Dahanayake Charles
Wdowczyk Jerzy
Wolfendale Arnold W.
Xinyu Chi
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