Superbubble Origin of Cosmic Rays

Abstract

After a hundred years of searching for the origin of cosmic rays, where and how they are made has finally become clear. Here we briefly trace that odyssey through both astronomical observations and cosmic ray measurements.

5 pages, 3 figures, Invited paper in Centenary Symposium 2012: Discovery of Cosmic Rays (AIP Conf. Proc.)

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