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Intergalactic space and cosmic rays

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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Arguments are presented suggesting that the most energetic particles observed in the Cosmic Radiation are accelerated outside the galaxy, in the intergalactic space. The problem of the Cosmic Eay acceleration in the intergalactic space is discussed and some possible models are presented.

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Vari risultati sperimentali suggeriscono che almeno la parte più energica della radiazione cosmica non sia tutta contenuta ed accelerata nella galassia, ma sia invece comune a tutto l’universo e probabilmente accelerata negli spazi intergalattici. L’evidenza sperimentale è presentata nella prima parte, mentre nella seconda vengono discusse alcune conseguenze della presenza negli spazi intergalattici della radiazione cosmica ed esaminati alcuni meccanismi che potrebbero essere responsabili della sua accelerazione.

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  1. Istituto di Fisica dell’Università, Bologna

    G. Cocconi

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On leave from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.

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Cocconi, G. Intergalactic space and cosmic rays. Nuovo Cim 3, 1433–1442 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02785019

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