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From Ultra Rays to Astroparticles A Historical Introduction to Astroparticle Physics /

The book is a historical introduction to astroparticle physics. Its scope is to give an overview of this complex field of research, starting with the discovery of cosmic rays (Victor Hess, 1912) until the current experiments with particle telescopes. The book focuses on the ways in which physics cha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Falkenburg, Brigitte (Editor), Rhode, Wolfgang (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
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Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction.-
  • 2 From the discovery of radioactivity to first accelerator experiments.- 3 Development of Cosmology:From a Static Universe to Accelerated Expansion.- 4 Evolution of Astrophysics5.1 Introduction and General Overview
  • 5 Development of Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Ray Research
  • 6 Very-High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy.- 7 Search for the neutrino mass and low energy neutrino astronomy.-  8 From Particle Physics to Astroparticle Physics: Proton Decay and the Rise of Non-Accelerator Physics
  • 10 From Waves to Particle Tracks and Quantum Probabilities.-  A Timetable
  • B Nobel prizes
  • C Textbooks
  •  C.1 Textbooks 1987-2012
  •  C.2 Textbooks 1962-1986
  • C.3 Textbooks 1937-1961
  • C.4 Textbooks 1912-1936
  • D Books in History of Physics.