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Possible Association of Ultra–High-Energy Cosmic-Ray Events with Strong Gamma-Ray Bursts

Possible Association of Ultra–High-Energy Cosmic-Ray Events with Strong Gamma-Ray Bursts

We point out that each of the error boxes of the two highest energy cosmic-ray shower events known overlaps with that of a strong gamma-ray burst (GRB). The GRBs precede the cosmic rays by 5.5 and 11 months, respectively. In one case the strongest known cosmic ray is paired with …