The mysteries of the highest energy cosmic rays

2005/01/30 by S. Kovesi-Domokos, G. Domokos
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #COSMIC cancer database #Cosmic ray #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution #Energy (signal processing) #Observational cosmology #Space radiation #Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2005.07.007

LaTeX 2e, 9 pages, no figures. Invited talk given at XIII ISVHECRI, Pylos, Greece

arxiv created 2005/01/30 · openalex publication_date 2005/12/03 · arxiv updated 2015/06/25 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We give a summary of the theoretical attempts to make sense of the observational data concerning the highest energy cosmic rays, (E > 3x10¹⁹ eV).

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