THE ANISOTROPY OF EHE COSMIC-RAYS

Authors
LEE AA CLAY RW
Citation
Aa. Lee et Rw. Clay, THE ANISOTROPY OF EHE COSMIC-RAYS, Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics, 21(12), 1995, pp. 1743-1757
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09543899
Volume
21
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1743 - 1757
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-3899(1995)21:12<1743:TAOEC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The effects of magnetic field turbulence on the anisotropy of galactic cosmic rays of the highest energies are investigated. It is found tha t if the cosmic ray Bur at energies above 1 EeV is made up predominant ly of galactic protons, neither the observed galactic magnetic field t urbulence nor possible halo turbulence are sufficient for both the com puted anisotropy and galactic flux gradient to agree with observation. The implication is that the origin of these cosmic rays is not within our galaxy.