Zevatron

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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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  1. ^  Honda M, Honda YS, Filamentary jets as a cosmic-ray "Zevatron", Astrophysical Journal 617 (1): L37-L40 Part 2 DEC 10 2004
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