The Search for Origin of the Highest Energy Particles in Nature
The Search for Origin of the Highest Energy Particles in Nature
- Event time: 5:00pm
- Event date: 27th September 2007
- Location: Lecture Theatre A, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
I will outline briefly how cosmic rays were discovered and the work that led to the discovery of the extensive air-showers now used to study cosmic rays as energetic as 10^20 eV. I will explain why there is interest in these very rare particles and illustrate the detection techniques using the Pierre Auger Observatory, a 3000 km^2 instrument, as an example. The latest results on the mass, energy spectrum and anisotropy of the most energetic particles will be described.
No knowledge about cosmic rays will be assumed.
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