Grand Unification Signal from Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays?
- 9 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 86 (15) , 3224-3227
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.86.3224
Abstract
The spectrum of ultrahigh energy (above ) cosmic rays is consistent with the decay of grand unification scale particles. The predicted mass is , where .
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