0134101 - FZU-D 20020390 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Vlček, Martin
The Pierre Auger project overwiew.
Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis Facultas Rerum Naturalium. 40-41, - (2001), s. 57-62. ISSN 0231-9365
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LN00A006
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z1010920
Keywords : Piere Auger project * cosmic rays * Cherenkov detector * ground array * fluorescence detector
Subject RIV: BH - Optics, Masers, Lasers

Cosmic particles with energies ň10 19 eV have been observed. This is a hundred million times more than can be achieved with terrestrial bast accelerators. The nature of the primary cosmic particles, the mechanism of the cosmic acceleration and their locations are totally unknown. The sources are assumed to be close to our Galaxy, othrewise these particles could not have maintained such high energies due to their interaction with the cosmic microwave background radiation.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0032038