Cosmic Rays (Van Nostrand Reinhold Momentum Book, Number 22) - Softcover

Martin A. Pomerantz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 600145664X ISBN 13: 9786001456640

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971

Synopsis

Van Nostrand Reinhold Co - Momentum Book #22 [Published 1971]. Soft cover, 186 pp. [From back cover] This book conveys to readers with a diversity of interests and backgrounds a sense of the excitement that pervades cosmic ray research, as well as a feeling for the broad range of fundamental physics that falls within its purview. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on ideas, rather than on experimental and theoretical details. The book begins with the story of the discovery of cosmic rays and the subsequent development of our understanding about them. The first chapter concludes with a survey of our current knowledge concerning their properties. The various interactions of cosmic rays with matter are then discussed, after which the many different experimental techniques utilized in cosmic ray research are described. The next chapter treats the propogation of cosmic rays through the earth's magnetic field, and through the atmosphere. The properties of galactic cosmic rays are then discussed in detail. The next chapter is devoted to cosmic ray intensity variations and their causes, and the final two chapters are concerned with solar cosmic rays, and the origin of the so-called galactic cosmic rays.

Edition details

• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 600145664X
• ISBN 13: 9786001456640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186