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astrophysics · · 8 min read

The cosmic-ray knee: where galactic neutrino production probably ends

At about 3 PeV of cosmic-ray energy, the spectrum of particles arriving at Earth steepens noticeably. The kink is called the 'knee.' It probably marks the upper limit of what our own galaxy's accelerators can produce — and therefore the upper limit on neutrinos of galactic origin.