Abstract
The problem of the “upper edge” of the energy spectrum of giant air showers (GASs) with E 0≥1019 eV is considered. The almost complete absence of GASs with the highest energies (E 0≥1020 eV) at the Yakutsk array and their considerable number at AGASA are discussed in view of the fact that both arrays have similar basic detectors and similar procedures of data processing are being used.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 78, No. 12, 2003, pp. 1265–1270.
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