Zevatron

Zevatrons, named in analogy to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Bevatron and Fermilab's Tevatron, are highly exotic hypothetical astrophysical sources capable of accelerating particles to 1 ZeV (10²¹ eV). Recently,^[when?] there was a consideration of possibility of galactic jets acting as Zevatrons, due to diffusive acceleration of particles caused by shock waves inside the jets. In particular, models suggested that shock waves from the nearby M87 galactic jet could accelerate an iron nucleus to ZeV ranges.^[1]

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^ Honda, Mitsuru (2004). "Filamentary Jets as a Cosmic-Ray "Zevatron"". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 617: L37 – L40. doi:10.1086/427067. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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[1] Honda, Mitsuru (2004). "Filamentary Jets as a Cosmic-Ray "Zevatron"". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 617: L37 – L40. doi:10.1086/427067. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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