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Propagation of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays in an expanding Universe

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A numerical code is described that simulates the propagation of protons and ultrahigh-energy nuclei in an expanding Universe, taking into account the interaction with the background electromagnetic radiation. Using this code, we calculate the intensity of extragalactic cosmic rays, sources of which are jets of galaxies with active nuclei.

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  1. Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Troitsk, 142190, Russia

    V. S. Ptuskin, S. I. Rogovaya & V. N. Zirakashvili

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Original Russian Text © V.S. Ptuskin, S.I. Rogovaya, V.N. Zirakashvili, 2011, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2011, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 331–333.

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Ptuskin, V.S., Rogovaya, S.I. & Zirakashvili, V.N. Propagation of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays in an expanding Universe. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 75, 302–304 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873811030348

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