Not-so-cosmic rays

Peter L. Biermann
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Peter L. Biermann: Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy

Nature, 1997, vol. 388, issue 6637, 24-25

Abstract: Cosmic rays are highly energetic charged particles that constantly hit the Earth. It is usually assumed that the flux of cosmic rays is roughly the same throughout our Galaxy, but new data appear to show bumps in the spectrum due to individual elements, implying that we are seeing the signature of a nearby source, probably a young supernova remnant.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/40279

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