Pulsar Contribution to High Energy Cosmic Rays
Abstract
We show that assuming a simple CR acceleration scenario, where all the pulsar rotational energy is transformed into CR particles of the highest available energy at a given moment, one obtains particle fluxes of the order of the observed ones. The slope of CR energy spectrum for E>1016 eV would be determined by a powerlaw distribution of their initial periods and the spectrum flattening - by the decay of the pulsar magnetic field.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- August 2001
- Bibcode:
- 2001ICRC....6.2092G