OMG-proton :)

[Gilded]

Once again, I'm reading interesting info that's abou 11 years old. This came up:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/ohmygodpart.html

 

That was in -94. Wikipedia tells me that at least 15 similar phenomenons have been detected since the first detection. Has there been any recent research of origin of the so-called Oh-My-God-particle(s)?

[swansont]

Once again' date=' I'm reading interesting info that's abou 11 years old. This came up:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/ohmygodpart.html

 

That was in -94. Wikipedia tells me that at least 15 similar phenomenons have been detected since the first detection. Has there been any recent research of origin of the so-called Oh-My-God-particle(s)?[/quote']

 

I don't think it's been solved, but there is some speculation about interactions with black holes creating ultra-high-enery cosmic rays.

[Gilded]

Hmm... "blazars". Never even heard of them. ) Rather amusing subject though, especially for the contraction perceived from the particle's frame. The mass-energy equivalent is quite funny too (I mean come on, it's a proton with a m-e eq. near an E. coli bacterium ).

[Jordan14]

I have discussed this before and someone said that it could be some very heavy material such as neutronium, I don't know what to think.

[Eskay]

I thought that nothing could escape a black hole?