Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit en · PROPN
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.
Meanings
- A theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic ray protons travelling from other galaxies through the intergalactic medium to the Milky Way.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Limit | alternative | lexicographic | |
| the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit | canonical | lexicographic |
Coordinates
OMG particle · zevatron · EECR
Relateds
Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin mechanism · GZK horizon · GZK · GZK mechanism · Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin horizon
Synonyms
GZK cutoff · Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off · GZK Cut-Off · GZK Cutoff · Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff · GZK limit (abbreviated form) · GZK (abbreviated form) · Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut off · GZK Cut-off · GZK cut off · Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cutoff · Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cut-Off · GZK Cut Off · GZK Limit (abbreviated form) · GZK cut-off · Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cut Off · Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cut-off
wikipedia: en:Vadim Kuzmin (physicist) · wikipedia: en:Kenneth Greisen · wikipedia: en:Georgiy Zatsepin