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最高能Cosmic-Ray电子和正电子的新约束

New Constraints on the Highest-Energy Cosmic-Ray Electrons and Positrons

Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel

摘要:

在能量超过几TeV时,还没有宇宙射线电子谱的测量。通过考虑由地面阵列所看到的电子和伽马射线引起的空气簇射的相似性,我们使用已公布的各向同性伽马射线通量的限制来对>10 TeV的电子谱进行第一次约束。我们证明,由于接近已知的来源,这些电子(和正电子)的通量可以很大。我们展示了这些如何顺利连接到PAMELA测量的低能正电子,并与费米令人兴奋的新迹象有关。

英文摘要:

At energies above a few TeV, no measurements of the cosmic-ray electron spectrum exist yet. By considering the similarity of air showers induced by electrons and gamma rays as seen by ground-based arrays, we use published limits on isotropic gamma-ray fluxes to place first constraints on the >10 TeV electron spectrum. We demonstrate that, due the proximity of known sources, the flux of such electrons (and positrons) can be large. We show how these smoothly connect to lower-energy positrons measured by PAMELA and relate to exciting new indications from Fermi.

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