Search for the astrophysical sources of the Fly's Eye event with the highest to date cosmic ray energy E=3.2·10²⁰ eV

• Published in: Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics
• Date: 2016
• Main Authors: Gnatyk, R.B., Kudrya, Yu.N., Zhdanov, V.I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Головна астрономічна обсерваторія НАН України 2016
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/119949
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Search for the astrophysical sources of the Fly's Eye event with the highest to date cosmic ray energy E=3.2·10²⁰ eV / R.B. Gnatyk, Yu.N. Kudrya, V.I. Zhdanov // Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics. — 2016. — Т. 6., вип. 1. — С. 41-44. — Бібліогр.: 25 назв. — англ.

Among the registered extremely high energy cosmic rays (EHECR, E > 10²⁰ eV) an event with the highest to date energy of E = 3.2 · 10²⁰ eV was detected by the Fly's Eye experiment (FE event) in 1991. With the use of the back-tracking method for the calculation of the EHECR trajectories in Gal...