Composition and Origin of Cosmic Rays - nieuw boek

EAN (ISBN-13): 9789400971660
Verschijningsjaar: 2012
Uitgever: Springer Netherlands

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ISBN/EAN: 9789400971660

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Auteur: M.M. Shapiro
Titel: NATO Science Series C; Composition and Origin of Cosmic Rays - Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Continued Within NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)
Uitgeverij: Springer; Springer Netherland
414 Bladzijden
Verschijningsjaar: 2012-12-06
Dordrecht; NL
Taal: Engels
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220,00 € (AT)
236,00 CHF (CH)
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EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Physik, Astronomie/Astronomie; Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Ausrüstungen und Methoden; Verstehen; Galaxy; Quasar; active galactic nuclei; astronomy; astrophysics; cosmic ray; solar system; stellar; C; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Physics and Astronomy; BC

I. Composition and Energy Spectra.- to the Galactic Cosmic Radiation.- The Spectra of Cosmic-Ray Nuclei > 1 GeV/nuc — Implications for Acceleration and Propagation.- Significance of Ultraheavy Cosmic Rays.- Cosmic-Ray Isotopic Composition.- Cosmic-Ray Electrons and Positrons — A Review of Current Measurements and Some Implications.- Cosmic Ray Composition at 1012 – 1015eV Derived from Muon Measurements.- Antiprotons in the Cosmic Radiation.- Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays.- On the Origin of the Low-Energy Anomalous Component of Galactic Cosmic Rays.- Solar Energetic Particle Studies.- II. Acceleration, Propagation, and Sources of Cosmic Rays.- Cosmic Ray Acceleration Mechanisms.- Cosmic-Ray Acceleration by Diffusive Shocks: Cut-Off Energy.- Galactic Propagation of Cosmic Rays.- Cosmic-Ray Sources.- Sources of Extragalactic Cosmic Rays: Photons and Neutrinos as Probes.- Extragalactic Cosmic Rays, Active Galaxies and Quasi-Stellar Objects.- III. Muons and Neutrinos in Cosmic-Ray Physics and Astrophysics.- Deep Underwater Muon and Neutrino Detection (Dumand).- Future Muon and Neutrino Experiments.- IV. Techniques of Observation and Calculation.- Detectors of Ultraheavy Cosmic Rays.- The Bugs 4 Cosmic-Ray Detector.- A Detector to Investigate the Anomalous Component of Cosmic Rays and its Rarer Constituents Including a Possible Molecular Ion Component.- Complete Fragment Yields from Spallation Reactions via a Combined Time-of-Flight and ?E-E Technique.- Improvement of Calculations of Cross Sections and Cosmic Ray Propagation.- Matrix Methods of Cosmic Ray Propagation.- The Effect of Cross-Section Uncertainties on the Derivation of Source Abundances from Cosmic-Ray Composition Observations.- V. Related Topics in Cosmic-Ray Physics and Astrophysics.- RelativisticParticles and Gamma Rays in Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei.- Proton Decay and Neutrino Experiments in the Mount Blanc Tunnel.- The IMB Proton Decay Detector.- Effectiveness of Hze-Particles onto Different Biological Systems in the Biostack Experiments on Apollo 16, and 17 and on ASTP.- The Decay of “Mesotrons” (1939–1943) — Experimental Particle Physics in the Age of Innocence.- Author Index.