Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5486840 Astroparticle Physics 2017 11 Pages PDF
Abstract
Gravitational repulsion is an inherent aspect of the Schwarzschild solution of the Einstein-Hilbert field equations of general relativity. We show that this circumstance means that it is possible to gravitationally accelerate particles to the highest cosmic ray energies.
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Acceleration of particles to high energy via gravitational repulsion in the Schwarzschild field
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