A depression before a bump in the highest energy cosmic ray spectrum
arXiv:astro-ph/9708082 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.57.7103
Abstract
We re-examine the interaction of ultra high energy nuclei with the microwave background radiation. We find that the giant dipole resonance leaves a new signature in the differential energy spectrum of iron sources located around 3 Mpc: A depression before the bump which is followed by the expected cutoff.
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