I meant "encounter a 1 GeV muon" but neutrino encounters (with possibly even
higher Energy) might also be potentially interesting if they can occur.
> From: stephen_coo...@hotmail.com
> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:00:41 +0100
> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
> Subject: [Vo]:Would Rydberg Matter in Cosmic Radiation.
>
> Would Rydberg Matter or UDD be more sensitive to muons from cosmic rays or
> may be even neutrinos? Than ordinary matter?
>
> Cosmic ray muons have can have high energy for example there are 10000 1 GeV
> muons per sq meter per second. Their interaction with ordinary matter is very
> low. I think this has been discussed before but I wonder if there is a higher
> cross section with Rydberg matter.
>
> What is the surface area of the Rydberg matter
>
> 10000 per sq m /s is I think about 864 per sq mm per day, which implies if
> that if Rydberg matter or UDD is a few 10s micrometers in size it should
> encounter a neutrino about daily on average.
>
> The rest would depend on the probability of an encounter actually reacting
> with the matter,I suppose relativistic effects on the wave functions would
> also be important at these energies.
>
> I guess this has come up before so if you have a link let me know.
