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M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
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# On the kink in the energy spectrum of cosmic rays

## N.F. Gorshkov

### Moscow University Physics Bulletin 1997. 52. N 3. P. 82

• Article
Annotation

On the assumption that the motion of charged particles in cosmic rays (CR) is mainly determined by diffusion and the Lorentz force, estimates have been derived which show that the well-known kink in the CR energy spectrum at the energy $Е = З\cdot 10^{15}$ eV is due to a change in the character of turbulent motion in interstellar medium regions with nonuniform magnetic fields, whose scale is comparable with the thickness of the galactic disk. The application of the theories of similarity and dimensionality allowed us to describe qualitatively the experimentally observed CR energy spectrum in the kink's vicinity over the energy range of CR particles amounting to four orders of magnitude.

Rissian citation:
Н.Ф. Горшков.
Вестн. Моск. ун-та. Сер. 3. Физ. Астрон. 1997. № 3. С. 59.
Authors
N.F. Gorshkov
Department of Physics of Atmosphere, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

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