Friday, February 22, 2013

1302.5112 (David Eichler et al.)

Is the Galactic Cosmic Ray Spectrum Constant in Time?    [PDF]

David Eichler, Rahul Kumar, Martin Pohl
The hypothesis is considered that the present Galactic cosmic ray spectrum is at present softer than its time average due to source intermittency. Measurements of muogenic nuclides underground could provide an independent measurement of the time averaged spectrum. Source intermittency could also account for the surprising low anisotropy reported by the IceCube collaboration. Predictions for Galactic emission of ultrahigh-energy quanta, such as UHE gamma rays and neutrinos, might be higher or lower than previously estimated.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5112

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