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تسجيل مستخدم جديدCosmic Rays: Studying the Origin
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Jacek Szabelski
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Investigations of the origin of cosmic rays are presented. Different methods are discussed: studies of cosmic gamma rays of energy from 30 MeV to about 10^15 eV (since photons point to their places of origin), studies of the mass composition of cosmic rays (because it reflects source morphology), and studies of cosmic rays with energy above 10^19 eV (for these are the highest energies observed in nature).
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