Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Astronomers are confused by the phenomenon of a particle called Amaterasu which rains down on Earth.
The reason is that Amaterasu comes from the empty space of the Local Void which is directly adjacent to the Milky Way galaxy.
It is known that Amaterasu is one of the highest energy cosmic rays ever detected.
“Tracing the trajectory to the source and there is no energy high enough to produce it. That's the mystery, what really happened?,” said one of the authors from the University of Utah, John Matthews, quoted from The Guardian, Wednesday (7/2/2024) .
Regarding the trajectory of the void, the researchers think it may indicate a much larger magnetic deflection, an unknown source in the Local Void, or an incomplete understanding of the physics of high-energy particles.
The Amaterasu particle itself has an energy of more than 240 exa-electron vold (Eev). The total is more than the strongest particles ever created at the Large Hadron Collider.
That energy, The Guardian notes, is the same as the energy of a golf ball traveling at 95 mph. Amaterasu is second only to the Oh-My-God particle with a power of up to 320 Eev.
Matthews even said that nothing could beat the energy of that particle. “You need a large amount of energy, a very high magnetic field to be able to confine the particle as it accelerates,” he explained.
The high energy of these particles even made Osaka Metropolitan University professor in Japan, Toshihiro Fujii think there was an error. Because they have never encountered such a large amount of energy.
“When I first discovered very high-energy cosmic rays, I thought there must be a mistake. Because they showed energy levels that had been unprecedented for three decades.” he said.
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