Pith Number

pith:VKNWOVSZ

pith:2012:VKNWOVSZFPLH5JFR2VW2JMDEEW

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Theoretical Explanation of the Cosmic Ray Perpendicular Diffusion Coefficient in the Nearby Starburst Galaxy NGC 253

Andreas Shalchi, Kaitlynn Buffie, Volker Heesen

arxiv:1212.5721 v1 · 2012-12-22 · astro-ph.GA · astro-ph.HE

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\pithnumber{VKNWOVSZFPLH5JFR2VW2JMDEEW}

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:52:28.899179Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

aa9b6756592bd67ea4b1d56da4b06425a09adf6eb3dcf4481b4fa874c6712536

Aliases

arxiv: 1212.5721 · arxiv_version: 1212.5721v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1212.5721 · pith_short_12: VKNWOVSZFPLH · pith_short_16: VKNWOVSZFPLH5JFR · pith_short_8: VKNWOVSZ

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/VKNWOVSZFPLH5JFR2VW2JMDEEW \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: aa9b6756592bd67ea4b1d56da4b06425a09adf6eb3dcf4481b4fa874c6712536

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "b724bfea72618ec76e5d3c864cabe6a5ce17e92d4dfe761ea364a23f3df1e050",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "astro-ph.HE"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "astro-ph.GA",
    "submitted_at": "2012-12-22T20:28:15Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "6d5ac7f46bb8f023032b39e0de9b935f2acefa9db6c1ebd64165fb9616bde487"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1212.5721",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}