Cosmic rays from decaying vortons

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作者
Masperi, L [1 ]
Silva, G
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[1] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Ctr Atom Bariloche, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
[2] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Inst Balseiro, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
[3] Univ Nacl Cuyo, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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10.1016/S0927-6505(97)00054-6
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The flux of high energy cosmic rays coming from the decay of vortons is estimated. If the abundance of loops corresponding to a superconductivity scale coincident with that of the string formation is corrected to be compatible with the critical density of universe, it is found that the emission of one carrier per vorton may produce a flux of one cosmic ray event per km(2) of detector and per year. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
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