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New physics at high energies, cosmic rays, particle-detectors in space
New physics is expected at high energies and cosmic rays have high energies, so have there been or are there any plans to put particle detectors in space to study cosmic rays for new physics ?
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Why not using cosmic rays to study HEP, since they are way more energetic than LHC?
Cosmic rays energies can exceed $10^{8}$ TeV, way higher than the energy scale achieved in the LHC or that can be achieved in the near future.
cannot we just use them to study fundamental ...
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Cosmic radiation cutoff at LOW energies?
The energy spectrum of the cosmic radiation (not CMB) is limited to both sides.
I know about the GZK-cutoff at high energies. Basically the interaction probability for photons of energies above 10^20 ...
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Cosmic ray hazards
The Pierre Auger Observatory site mentions the detection of a 3E20 eV (48 J) cosmic ray whose energy, well above the GZK cutoff, was based on an analysis of its atmospheric shower. This was equivalent ...
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How are neutrons produced from cosmic ray particles?
What are the details of how neutrons are produced as a result of cosmic ray particles hitting our planet's atmosphere?
For instance, what is the pathway that creates the highest number of neutrons ...
