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From: desj@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (David desJardins)
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Subject: Re: Particle Accelerators/ Cosmic Rays
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 07:24:13 EST
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In article <139@epimass.UUCP> jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes:
>
>The problem with this is that cosmic rays, which are largely subatomic
>particles accelerated to high energies, strike the atmosphere every day,
>and a significant number have higher energy than have ever been produced
>in any man-made accelerator.

   If this is really true why don't we build orbiting detectors and wait
for cosmic rays to strike their targets at these extremely high energies?
Is the density of cosmic rays too low to make this practical?
   Sounds a lot cheaper than $1E10 for the SSC!

   -- David desJardins