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Old 29-December-2008, 09:26 PM
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I'm disinclined to accept dark matter as an explanation, while I'm more inclined to think a neutron star could be so near our solar system rather than a black hole. Although, I think pulsar (rotating neutron star) could be as accurate a term. Something's accelerating those electrons and pulsars are known to do this.
Coincidentally Dissecting Pamela (and ATIC) with Occam's Razor: existing, well-known Pulsars naturally account for the "anomalous" Cosmic-Ray Electron and Positron Data

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Of course, this leads me back to a new class of "pulsar," radio active brown dwarfs like TVLM 513.
The popular media article you linked to said nothing about BDs producing 600+ Gev electrons and positrons.
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