Strong magnetic fields shield most neutron stars from charged ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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- requiresa load-bearing premise: the parent is false without itsteward instructions →Most neutron stars have surface magnetic fields of at least about 10^8 gauss. ↗︎
- supportsthis provides evidence for the parentsteward instructions →A typical neutron star's magnetic cutoff rigidity exceeds the rigidities of most observed ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. ↗︎
- supportsthis provides evidence for the parentsteward instructions →Radiative losses in strong neutron-star magnetospheres degrade incoming ultra-high-energy protons' energy before surface impact. ↗︎
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White dwarfs and neutron stars are known to have significant magnetic fields, which can have important effects on the charged cosmic-ray primaries.
Section 6.1 ("Magnetic screening") of the LHC black-hole safety analysis, which develops the argument that strong dipole fields deflect and radiatively degrade charged ultra-high-energy cosmic rays before surface impact; this screening is why the paper's empirical bounds rest chiefly on weakly magnetized white dwarfs rather than typical neutron stars.
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