Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics - Softcover

Gaisser, Thomas K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521339316 ISBN 13: 9780521339315

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

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.

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Concentrating on the highest energy cosmic rays, this work describes where they originate, acquire energy, and interact, in accreting neutron stars, supernova remnants, and in large-scale shock waves.

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Concentrating on the highest energy cosmic rays, this book describes where they may originate, acquire energy, and interact, in large-scale shock waves, in supernova remnants and in accreting neutron stars. 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521339316
• ISBN 13: 9780521339315
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296