2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13622The problem of predicting the upper cut-off of the cosmic ray spectrum is re-examined. Some aspects of extremely high energy interactions and their implications for the interpretation of giant air showers are also discussed.PhD Thesis (summary)AstrophysicsFrom 3K to $10^{20}$eVtext