Showers of Particles from Cosmic Rays (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Showers of Particles from Cosmic Rays

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This is an artist's rendering of a cosmic-ray air shower with a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory in western Argentina.

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A. Chantelauze, S. Staffi, L. Bret

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