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Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (1/3)

<!--HTML-->The origin of the highest energy cosmic rays (UHECR) with energies above 1000 TeV, is still unknown. The discovery of their sources will reveal the engines of the most energetic astrophysical accelerators in the universe. In these lectures we present the recent observational results...

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Autor principal: Dova, Maria Teresa
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1443894
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Sumario:<!--HTML-->The origin of the highest energy cosmic rays (UHECR) with energies above 1000 TeV, is still unknown. The discovery of their sources will reveal the engines of the most energetic astrophysical accelerators in the universe. In these lectures we present the recent observational results from HiRes, Telescope Array and Pierre Auger Observatory as well as (some of) the possible astrophysical origins of UHECR. These experiments deal with particle interactions at energies orders of magnitude higher than achieved in terrestrial accelerators.