Detection of a cosmic ray with measured energy well beyond the expected spectral cutoff due to cosmic microwave radiation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 144-150

  Bird, D J ^a,b   Corbato S C ^c   Dai, H Y ^b   Elbert, J W ^b   Green, K D ^d   Huang, M A ^b   Kieda, D B ^b   Ko, S ^b   Larsen, C G ^b   Loh, E C ^b   Luo, M Z ^e   Salamon, M H ^b   Smith, J D ^b   Sokolsky, P ^b   Sommers, P ^b   Tang, J K K ^b   Thomas, S B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c North WestNet ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Dugway Proving Ground   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Cosmic rays; Elementary particles; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944249183     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/175344     Document Type: Article

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