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Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Ray Acceleration by Magnetic Reconnection in Newborn Pulsars

2000/02/07 by E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, A. Lazarian, Pino, E. M. de Gouveia Dal +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0002158

Latex file, 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Proc. "Astrophysical Plasmas: Codes, Models & Observations", eds. J. Franco et al.; uses rmaa.cls

arxiv created 2000/02/07 · openalex publication_date 2000/02/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We here investigate the possibility that the ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) events observed above the GZK limit are mostly protons accelerated in econnection sites just above the magnetosphere of newborn millisecond pulsars which are originated by accretion induced collapse (AIC).

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