Particle physics with cosmic accelerators

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Oct 1986

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Physical Review D (Particles and Fields), Volume 34, Issue 7, 1 October 1986, pp.2061-2070

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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Cosmic-Ray Interactions

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We discuss the atmospheric showers initiated by 1-104-TeV photons emitted by cosmic accelerators such as Cygnus X-3. The direction and characteristic time structure of the radiation from such sources can be used to tag a beam of known composition (γ rays) with well-understood interactions (QED) with the target atmosphere. An experiment using a cosmic beam, therefore, overcomes the classic hurdles in interpreting cosmic-ray data. Tagged photon experiments covering a (102-103-m)2 area can conceivably achieve the statistics and signal-to-noise ratio to probe the anticipated new structure in particle physics at a scale of (√2 GF)-1/2~=0.25 TeV. They would at the same time constitute a new generation of telescopes at the highest energies of the emission spectrum. We also extend our discussion of muons to underground experiments in the corresponding energy region.

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