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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
In our recent work we have shown that a good model for the highest energy cosmic rays is one where they are generated in clusters of galaxies with a relatively flat production spectrum and then propagate with an energy dependent diffusion coefficient. There is evidence for a similar flat production spectrum (γ ≃ 2.1) for both protons and electrons in our own Galaxy. Here we assume that the spectrum for clusters (specifically the VIRGO cluster) is independent of energy and an evaluation is made of the likely flux of γ-rays.