Cosmic ray extremely distributed observatory: a global network of detectors to probe contemporary physics mysteries
Authors:
- Kevin Almeida Cheminant,
- Ł. Bratek,
- D. E. Alvarez-Castillo,
- N. Dhital,
- D. Góra,
- P. Homola,
- R. Kamiński,
- M. Kasztelan,
- K. Kopański,
- P. Kovacs,
- M. Krupiński,
- M. Magryś,
- M. Marek,
- V. Nazari,
- M. Niedźwiecki,
- W. Noga,
- K. Oziomek,
- M. Pawlik,
- K. Rzecki,
- J. Zamora-Saa,
- F. Simkovic,
- K. Smelcerz,
- K. Smolek,
- J. Staliesak,
- O. Sushchov,
- K. Woźniak
Abstract
In the past few years, cosmic-rays beyond the GZK cut-off (E>5×1019 eV) have been detected by leading collaborations such as Pierre Auger Observatory. Such observations raise many questions as to how such energies can be reached and what source can possibly produce them. Although at lower energies, mechanisms such as Fermi acceleration in supernovae front shocks seem to be favored, top-down scenarios have been proposed to explain the existence of ultra-high energy cosmic-rays: the decay of super-massive long-lived particles produced in the early Universe may yield to a flux of ultra-high energy photons. Such photons might be presently generating so called super-preshowers, an extended cosmic-ray shower with a spatial distribution that can be as wide as the Earth diameter. The Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) mission is to find such events by means of a network of detectors spread around the globe. CREDO's strategy is to connect existing detectors and create a worldwide network of cosmic-ray observatories. Moreover, citizen-science constitutes an important pillar of our approach. By helping our algorithms to recognize detection patterns and by using smartphones as individual cosmic-ray detectors, non-scientists can participate in scientific discoveries and help unravel some of the deepest mysteries in physics.
- Record ID
- CUT4902fa4e70194494ab55df08f11202b5
- Publication categories
- ; ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement, ISSN 1899-2358, e-ISSN 2082-7865
- Issue year
- 2018
- Vol
- 11
- No
- 3
- Pages
- 489-494
- Other elements of collation
- rys.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 494; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 19; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Streszcz. ang.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 11, No 3
- Substantive notes
- Adnotacja dot. autorów publ. w stopce: Full list of authors available at:https://credo.science/publications/
- Conference
- International Meeting Excited QCD (Excited QCD 2018), 2018, 11-03-2018 - 15-03-2018, Kopaonik, Serbia
- Keywords in English
- cosmic-ray, credo
- DOI
- DOI:10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.11.489 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- http://www.actaphys.uj.edu.pl/findarticle?series=Sup&vol=11&page=489 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 12
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT4902fa4e70194494ab55df08f11202b5/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT4902fa4e70194494ab55df08f11202b5
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