The size of antimatter bodies and the primary very high energy cosmic ray flux |
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| Authors: | J R Wayland |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA;(2) Present address: Dept. of Physics, Texas Arm. University, College Station, Texas |
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| Abstract: | The consequences of antimatter bodies on the very high energy primary cosmic ray flux are considered. The effects of various models of cosmic ray origin and properties of astrophysical parameters are discussed. A simple expression for the production of antiprotons inN–N collisions as a function of energy of the incident proton is obtained by utilizing characteristics of particles produced in high energy collisions. It is assumed that sufficient time will have elapsed for all antibaryons to decay to antiprotons. It is shown that the measurement of antinuclei in the primary cosmic ray spectrum above 1017 eV could help to establish the size of antimatter bodies.This research was supported by A.F.O.S.R. Grant No. F-44620-69-C-0019. |
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