Multi-messenger Astronomy: Cosmic Rays, Gamma-rays and Neutrinos

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  • FRANCIS HALZEN
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Although cosmic rays were discovered a century ago, we do not know where or how they are accelerated. There is a realistic hope that the oldest problem in astronomy will be solved soon by ambitious experimentation: air shower arrays of 10,000 kilometer-square area, arrays of air Cerenkov telescopes and kilometer-scale neutrino observatories. Their predecessors are producing science. We will review the highlights:

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تاریخ انتشار 2003