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Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics
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Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics Paperback - 1991

by Thomas K. Gaisser


From the publisher

Over recent years there has been marked growth in interest in the study of techniques of cosmic ray physics by astrophysicists and particle physicists. Cosmic radiation is important for the astrophysicist because in the farther reaches of the universe. For particle physicists, it provides the opportunity to study neutrinos and very high energy particles of galactic origin. More importantly, cosmic rays constitue the background, and in some cases possibly the signal, for the more exotic unconfirmed hypothesized particles such as monopoles and sparticles. Concentrating on the highest energy cosmic rays, this book describes where they originate, acquire energy, and interact, in accreting neutron stars, supernova remnants, in large-scale shock waves. It also describes their interactions in the atmosphere and in the earth, how they are studied in surface and very large underground detectors, and what they tell us.

Details

  • Title Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics
  • Author Thomas K. Gaisser
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1991-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780521339315 / 0521339316
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.03 x 6.08 x 0.76 in (22.94 x 15.44 x 1.93 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Nuclear astrophysics, Particles (Nuclear physics)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90041682
  • Dewey Decimal Code 539.722