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Recently two cosmic rays with energy in excess of 2 1020 eV have been recorded. These are some 108 times more energetic than the protons produced by accelerators on earth. There is no credible understanding of the mechanism of acceleration by known a Because of the short mean free path in the cosmic background radiation they must come from nearby distances on a cosmological scale (< 50 Mpc). Their magnetic rigidity suggests that they should point to their source. Lectures will cover the present available data on the highest energy cosmic rays, their detection, possible acceleration mechanisms, their propagation in the galaxy and in extra galactic space and design of new detectors where simulations of air show ers play an important role..
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Credits and licence
- Institution
- CERN
- Department
- CERN Academic Training Lecture,324
- Speaker
- James Watson Cronin
- Year
- 1996
- Level
- Graduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Astronomy and space
- Source
- CERN
- Licence
- CERN, as CERN states it. CERN's terms
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