Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2000-03-06
Phys.Lett. B489 (2000) 353-358
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
A corrected numerical result on page 7
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00961-8
We propose a model in which ultra high energy cosmic rays are produced by collisions between neutron stars and axion stars. The acceleration of such a cosmic ray is made by the electric field, $\sim 10^{15} (B/10^{12} {G}) {eV} {cm}^{-1}$, which is induced in an axion star by the strong magnetic field $B>10^{12}$ G of a neutron star. As we have shown previously, similar collisions generate gamma ray bursts when the magnetic field is much smaller, e.g. $\sim 10^{10}$ G. If we assume that the axion mass is $\sim 10^{-9}$ eV, we can explain huge energies of the gamma ray bursts $\sim 10^{54}$ erg as well as the ultra high energies of the cosmic rays $\sim 10^{20}$ eV. In addition, it turns out that these axion stars are plausible candidates for MACHOs. We point out a possibility of observing monochromatic radiations emitted from the axion stars.
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