Generalized statistical mechanics of cosmic rays

Christian Beck

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004, vol. 331, issue 1, 173-181

Abstract: We consider a generalized statistical mechanics model for the creation process of cosmic rays which takes into account local temperature fluctuations. This model yields Tsallis statistics for the cosmic ray spectrum. It predicts an entropic index q given by q=119 at largest energies (equivalent to a spectral index of α=52), and an effective temperature given by 59TH, where kTH≈180MeV is the Hagedorn temperature measured in collider experiments. Our theoretically obtained formula is in very good agreement with the experimentally measured energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays.

Keywords: Cosmic ray energy spectrum; Nonextensive statistical mechanics; Hagedorn temperature (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2003.09.025

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