Open AccessUltra‐high‐energy cosmic rays tracked to sources
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2007.48604_2.x
Subject(s) - cosmic ray , ultra high energy cosmic ray , astronomy , physics , cosmic cancer database , astrophysics , astrobiology
Active galactic nuclei are the most likely sources of ultra‐high‐energy cosmic rays, according to a map of their points of origin made by the Pierre Auger Collaboration.