Thread: Chariots Of the Gods? Anyone read it?
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Old 04-24-2010, 11:57 AM   #89
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
No, they shatter the heck out of them.

I found the article I was thinking about:

http://www.nevis.columbia.edu/hires/...roninSciAm.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_shower_%28physics%29
Very cool article, thanks! I see they knock gamma rays and muons out of atoms as well as electrons and photons, so I stand corrected on nuclear reactions being involved (although I'm not sure I'd call that "shattering").
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