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). In 2004 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, Mitsuru; Honda, Yasuko S. (2004). "Filamentary Jets as a Cosmic-Ray "Zevatron"". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 617: L37–L40. arXiv:astro-ph/0411101. Bibcode 2004ApJ...617L..37H. doi:10.1086/427067.