Re:Atlas observes light scattering off light
by saagarjha on Sunday March 17, 2019 @11:11PM
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How do we detect high-energy cosmic rays, which to my knowledge can exceed this "limit" by several orders of magnitude?
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Re:Atlas observes light scattering off light
by cozzyd on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:04AM
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They're not gamma rays :)
But a similar limit happens to protons (the GZK limit at 50 EeV, where protons and CMB photons can make a Delta+). For heavier nuclei, photodisintegration will happen at even higher energies.
Re:Atlas observes light scattering off light
by marcosdumay on Sunday March 17, 2019 @11:31PM
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If you are talking about [1], I think nobody knows how they are possible.
Re:Atlas observes light scattering off light
by saagarjha on Sunday March 17, 2019 @11:35PM
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That article links to a much better written one that appears to discuss this exact issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin_limit. Thanks!
Re:Atlas observes light scattering off light
by adrianratnapala on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:07AM
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Those rays are unlikely to be photons, so EM-self interaction is not likely to stop them. The articles linked in this sub-thread all speculate/assume that the cosmic rays were protons.