Origin Of The Cosmic Ray Positrons Observed Near Earth- Meson Decay Or Dark Matter Decay?
arXiv:1502.01244 · doi:10.1088/0004-637X/812/1/38
Abstract
We show that the flux of the high-energy cosmic ray positrons observed near Earth is that expected from the decay of mesons produced by the primary cosmic rays (CRs) in the local interstellar medium.
Expanded version. 24 pages. 10 figures
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