Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Space science

Cosmic rays beyond the knees

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

The development of a radio technique for detecting cosmic rays casts fresh light on the origins of some of these accelerated particles, and suggests that they might have travelled much farther than was previously thought. See Letter p.70

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: The energy spectrum of cosmic rays.

Notes

  1. See all news & views

References

  1. Buitink, S. et al. Nature 531, 70–73 (2016).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Berezhnev, S. F. et al. Proc. 32nd ICRC Beijing 1, 209–212 (11–18 August 2011).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Bell, A. R., Schure, K. M., Reville, B. & Giacinti, G. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 431, 415–429 (2013).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Hillas, A. M. Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 22, 425–444 (1984).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Waxman, E. Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 386–389 (1995).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Huege, T., Ludwig, M. & James, C. W. AIP Conf. Proc. 1535, 128 (2013).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Carvalho, W. R. Jr & Zas, E. Astropart. Phys. 35, 325–341 (2012).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Askarayan, G. Sov. Phys. JETP 14, 441–443 (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Abu-Zayyad, T. et al. Astrophys. J. 557, 686 (2001).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Andrew M. Taylor is in the High Energy Astrophysics Group, School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland.,

    Andrew M. Taylor

Authors
  1. Andrew M. Taylor
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Andrew M. Taylor.

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

Astroparticle physics: A multi-messenger story

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Taylor, A. Cosmic rays beyond the knees. Nature 531, 43–44 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/531043a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/531043a

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation