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The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays, A Review and Prospects
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2016
Abstract
The existence of extremely high energy cosmic rays (EHECRs) with energy above 1020eV have been reported by several air shower experiments. The sources of these cosmic rays were considered to be extra-galactic. Relevant high energy astrophysical sources were searched in the arrival direction of these cosmic rays but no appropriate candidates were found. The origin of EHECRs stays unexplained. We review the present status of EHECR studies and introduce several new experiments aiming to unveil its mysterious origin.
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- Part 10 Non-Photon Astrophysics and the Future
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