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Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

R. J. Protheroe
R. J. Protheroe*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia

Abstract

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Ultra-high-energy (UHE) γ-rays have been detected from several X-ray binaries. UHE γ-rays from sources in the LMC will interact in the microwave background producing electrons which emit synchrotron radiation in the X-ray and γ-ray bands. This radiation might be observable.

Type
The Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 432 - 433
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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