Dual Phase Cosmic Rays
| dc.creator | Shurtleff, Richard | |
| dc.date | 2007-12-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T08:52:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T08:52:26Z | |
| dc.description | A calculation based on flat spacetime symmetries shows how there can be two quantum phases. For one, extreme phase change determines a conventional classical trajectory and four-momentum, i.e. mass times four-velocity. The other phase occurs in an effective particle state, with the effective energy and momentum being the rate of change of the phase with respect to time and distance. A cosmic ray proton moves along a classical trajectory, but exists in an effective particle state with an effective energy that depends on the local gravitational potential. Assumptions are made so that a cosmic ray proton in an ultra-high energy state detected near the Earth was in a much less energetic state in interstellar space. A 300 EeV proton incident on the Earth was a 2 PeV proton in interstellar space. The model predicts such protons are in states with even more energy near the Sun than when near the Earth. | |
| dc.description | 19 pages, 2 figures, 11 problems, LaTeX | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0071 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0071 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/145276 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Dual Phase Cosmic Rays | |
| dc.type | text |