Exotic massive hadrons and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.59.015021· OSTI ID:289043

Albuquerque, I F ^[1]; Farrar, G R ^[2]; Kolb, E W ^[3]

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1. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 (United States)
3. NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

We investigate the proposal that primary cosmic rays of energy above the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff are exotic massive strongly interacting particles (uhecrons). We study the properties of air showers produced by uhecrons and find that masses in excess of about 50 GeV are inconsistent with the highest energy event observed. We also estimate that with sufficient statistics a uhecron of mass as low as 10 GeV may be distinguished from a proton. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 289043
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Vol. 59, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COSMIC RAY SOURCES
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