A. V. Glushkov, “Giant air showers: The problem of events with <nobr>$E_0\geq 10^{20}\,$</nobr>eV”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2003, Volume 78, Issue 12,Pages <nobr>1265

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GRAVITY, ASTROPHYSICS

Giant air showers: The problem of events with $E_0\geq 10^{20}\,$eV

A. V. Glushkov

Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: The problem of the «upper edge» of the energy spectrum of giant air showers (GASs) with $E_0\geq 10^{19}\,$eV is considered. The almost complete absence of GASs with the highest energies ($E_0\geq 10^{20}\,$eV) at the Yakutsk array and their considerable number at AGASA are discussed in view of the fact that both arrays have similar basic detectors and similar procedures of data processing are being used.

PACS: 96.40.-z, 98.70.-f

Received: 03.11.2003