{
  "id": "astro-ph/9505082",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1995-05-18T03:36:51.000Z",
  "updated": "1995-05-18T03:36:51.000Z",
  "title": "COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA RAY BURSTS AND THE HIGHEST ENERGY COSMIC RAYS",
  "authors": [
    "Eli Waxman"
  ],
  "comment": "Phys. Rev. Lett. in press (Received: March 22, 1995; Accepted: May 17, 1995)",
  "journal": "Phys.Rev.Lett. 75 (1995) 386-389",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.386",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We discuss a scenario in which the highest energy cosmic rays (CR's) and cosmological $\\gamma$-ray bursts (GRB's) have a common origin. This scenario is consistent with the observed CR flux above $10^{20}\\text{eV}$, provided that each burst produces similar energies in $\\gamma$-rays and in CR's above $10^{20}\\text{eV}$. Protons may be accelerated by Fermi's mechanism to energies $\\sim10^{20}\\text{eV}$ in a dissipative, ultra-relativistic wind, with luminosity and Lorentz factor high enough to produce a GRB. For a homogeneous GRB distribution, this scenario predicts an isotropic, time-independent CR flux.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1995-05-18T03:36:51.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "highest energy cosmic rays",
      "cosmological gamma ray bursts",
      "burst produces similar energies",
      "time-independent cr flux"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article",
      "famous paper"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 395162
    }
  }
}