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Cosmic rays, stellar evolution, and supernova physics
Peter L. Biermann
Most cosmic rays are thought to be accelerated by the shocks of supernova explosions of very massive stars. Here we review one quantitative proposal, which predicted the spectral s…
The Origin of X-shaped Radio Galaxies: Clues from the Z-symmetric Secondary Lobes
Gopal-Krishna, Peter L. Biermann, Paul J. Wiita
Existing radio images of a few X-shaped radio galaxies reveal Z-symmetric morphologies in their weaker secondary lobes which cannot be naturally explained by either the galactic me…
Origin of Cosmic Magnetic Fields
Peter L. Biermann, Cristina F. Galea
We propose that the overlapping shock fronts from young supernova remnants produce a locally unsteady, but globally steady large scale spiral shock front in spiral galaxies, where…
Cosmic Rays from PeV to ZeV, Stellar Evolution, Supernova Physics and Gamma Ray Bursts
Peter L. Biermann, Sergej Moiseenko, Samvel Ter-Antonyan +1
The recent success of a proposal from some time ago to explain the spectrum of cosmic rays allows some strong conclusions to be made on the physics of supernovae: In the context of…
Ultra high energy cosmic ray sources & experimental results
Peter L. Biermann, Gustavo Medina-Tanco
Here we discuss the latest developments in the debate, where the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray particles come from. In this brief review, we emphasize the predictions that necessaril…