Abstract

The two-cone structure of cosmic-ray jets is given a consistent interpretation by assuming that the mesons are radiated independently and isotropically from two hot centers moving away from each other with Lorentz factor gamma -bar in the c.m.s. of the colliding nucleons. It is shown that the concept of meson-nucleon collisions is not introduced in the two-center model but that the basic assumptions of this model automatically imply a close relationship between gamma -bar and the structure of the collision partners. (N.W.R.)

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