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Shock-wave and plasma-pinch mechanisms of galactic cosmic-ray production

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Based on recent discoveries, we show that it is appropriate to complement the standard shock-wave model for the production of galactic cosmic rays by a plasma-pinch model. The latter describes well the production of high-energy cosmic rays, yields a simple formula for their intensity, and allows the threshold pattern of the knee-type kink in the secondary particle spectrum and a number of unusual phenomena observed above the threshold to be explained.

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 128, No. 1, 2005, pp. 183–192.

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Trubnikov, B.A. Shock-wave and plasma-pinch mechanisms of galactic cosmic-ray production. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 101, 160–168 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2010672

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