The puzzling MILAGRO hot spots
arXiv:0802.4403 · doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.04.007
Abstract
We discuss the reported detection by the MILAGRO experiment of localised hot spots in the cosmic ray arrival distribution and the difficulty of interpreting these observations. A model based on secondary neutron production in the heliotail is shown to fail. An alternative model based on loss-cone leakage through a magnetic trap from a local source region is proposed.
Accepted for publication in Astroparticle physics - reformatted to use journal style and with some minor changes at the request of the referee