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We have seen in the discussion of synchrotron radiation that there are high energy electrons in different environments in nature. One also knows since the beginning of the twentieth century that there is a “penetrating” radiation that comes from outer space and that is measurable on the ground.
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Courvoisier, T.JL. (2013). Particle Acceleration. In: High Energy Astrophysics. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30970-0_9
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