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The Origin of Cosmic Rays

JUN 01, 1954
Physics Today

A THEORETICAL MODEL designed to describe the motion of cosmic rays through our galaxy as “a random motion between scattering centers represented by moving magnetized clouds” has been offered in a recent paper a to clarify the conditions needing to be satisfied by any attempt to explain the origin of cosmic rays.

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