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Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit: a standalone construct

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a predicted cutoff in the cosmic ray energy spectrum because very energetic protons lose energy interacting with the cosmic microwave background.

In astrophysics, Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit refers to a predicted cutoff in the cosmic ray energy spectrum because very energetic protons lose energy interacting with the cosmic microwave background. This meaning comes from Greisen (1966) in Physical Review Letters.[1]

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References

  1. Greisen, K. (1966). End to the Cosmic-Ray Spectrum? Physical Review Letters, 16(17), 748-750. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.16.748

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