English Explanatory Dictionary

Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic ray protons travelling from other galaxies through the intergalactic medium to the Milky Way.
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  1. Alternative form of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit.

Word forms

Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit

Etymology

From the surnames of the three physicists who proposed this limitation on the long distance travel of energetic particles. From Greisen + Zatsepin + Kuzmin. Named after the American physicist Kenneth Greisen, and the Soviet physicists Georgiy Zatsepin, and Vadim Kuzmin. The Soviet and the American teams each discovered the limit separately in the 1960s, being independently computed in 1966.

Synonyms

GZK GZK Limit Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cut-off Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut off GZK cutoff GZK Cut-off GZK cut off

Related words

Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin horizon Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin mechanism GZK GZK horizon GZK mechanism
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