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Edited By
P.K.F. Grieder, University of Bern, Physical Institute, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Description
In 1912 Victor Franz Hess made the revolutionary discovery that ionizing radiation is incident upon the Earth from outer space. He showed
with ground-based and balloon-borne detectors that the intensity of the radiation did not change significantly between day and night.
Consequently, the sun could not be regarded as the sources of this radiation and the question of its origin remained unanswered. Today,
almost one hundred years later the question of the origin of the cosmic radiation still remains a mystery.
Hess' discovery has given
an enormous impetus to large areas of science, in particular to physics, and has played a major role in the formation of our current
understanding of universal evolution. For example, the development of new fields of research such as elementary particle physics, modern
astrophysics and cosmology are direct consequences of this discovery. Over the years the field of cosmic ray research has evolved in
various directions: Firstly, the field of particle physics that was initiated by the discovery of many so-called elementary particles
in the cosmic radiation. There is a strong trend from the accelerator physics community to reenter the field of cosmic ray physics, now
under the name of astroparticle physics. Secondly, an important branch of cosmic ray physics that has rapidly evolved in conjunction
with space exploration concerns the low energy portion of the cosmic ray spectrum. Thirdly, the branch of research that is concerned
with the origin, acceleration and propagation of the cosmic radiation represents a great challenge for astrophysics, astronomy and cosmology.
Presently very popular fields of research have rapidly evolved, such as high-energy gamma ray and neutrino astronomy. In addition, high-energy
neutrino astronomy may soon initiate as a likely spin-off neutrino tomography of the Earth and thus open a unique new branch of geophysical
research of the interior of the Earth. Finally, of considerable interest are the biological and medical aspects of the cosmic radiation
because of it ionizing character and the inevitable irradiation to which we are exposed.
This book is a reference manual for researchers
and students of cosmic ray physics and associated fields and phenomena. It is not intended to be a tutorial. However, the book contains
an adequate amount of background materials that its content should be useful to a broad community of scientists and professionals. The
present book contains chiefly a data collection in compact form that covers the cosmic radiation in the vicinity of the Earth, in the
Earth's atmosphere, at sea level and underground. Included are predominantly experimental but also theoretical data. In addition the
book contains related data, definitions and important relations. The aim of this book is to offer the reader in a single volume a readily
available comprehensive set of data that will save him the need of frequent time consuming literature searches.
Contents
Preface.
Comments for reader.
Acknowledgements.
1. Cosmic ray properties, relations and definitions.
2. Cosmic rays in the atmosphere.
3. Cosmic rays at sea level.
4. Cosmic rays underground, underwater and under ice.
5. Primary cosmic radiation.
6. Heliospheric phenomena.
7. Miscellaneous topics.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 1112 pages, publication date: JUL-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-50710-5
ISBN-10: 0-444-50710-8
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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