Is there a 4.5 PeV neutron line in the cosmic ray spectrum?

1999/04/30 by Robert Ehrlich, R. Ehrlich · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.60.073005

published as Phys.Rev. D60 (1999) 073005 · Published in Phys. Rev. D, 60 73005 (1999), 5 pages and 1 figure

arxiv created 1999/09/05 · openalex publication_date 1999/09/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Recently we presented a model to fit the cosmic ray spectrum using the hypothesis that the electron neutrino is a tachyon. The model predicted the existence of a neutron flux in the cosmic rays in a narrow region centered on E=4.5\ifmmode±\else\textpm\fi2.2PeV. The published literature on Cygnus X-3 reveals just such a 6\ensuremathσ spike of neutral particles centered on E=4.5PeV. A second prediction of the model concerning integrated neutron fluxes at several energies also is consistent with published data. A specific further test of the model is proposed.

Citations

• Implications for the cosmic ray spectrum of a negative electron neutrino(mass)2

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