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The origin of cosmic rays
The Origin of Cosmic Rays examines the astrophysical phenomena that cause cosmic rays. The title details the concerns in the study of tracing the sources of cosmic rays. The text presents the primary cosmic rays on earth, and then proceeds to tackling ling the cosmic magnetic bremsstrahlung radio em...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Ruso |
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Oxford, New York,
Pergamon Press; [distributed in the Western Hemisphere by Macmillan, New York]
1964.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Origin of Cosmic Rays; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE TO ENGLISH EDITION; FOREWORD; SYMBOLS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I. PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS ON THE EARTH; 1. Composition of the nuclear components of cosmic rays; 2. Electrons, gamma rays and neutrinos; 3. The energy spectrum and degree of anisotropy of cosmic rays; CHAPTER II. COSMIC MAGNETIC BREMSSTRAHLUNG (SYNCHROTRON); 4. Magnetic bremsstrahlung (synchrotron emission); 5. Some radio astronomy data; 6. Cosmic rays in the Universe; CHAPTER III. MOTION OF COSMIC RAYS IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM.
- 7. Energy losses and fragmentation of the nuclear component8. Energy losses for electrons; 9. Acceleration mechanisms and cosmic ray injection; 10. The nature of the motion of cosmic rays in the Galaxy; CHAPTER IV. THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC RAYS; 11. Cosmic ray sources in the Galaxy and the galactic theory of the origin of cosmic rays; 12. ""Expanded"" galactic theory of the origin of cosmic rays; 13. Cosmic rays of metagalactic origin; CHAPTER V. QUANTITATIVE GALACTIC THEORY OF THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC RAYS; 14. Equations describing the behaviour of cosmic rays in the interstellar medium.
- 15. Chemical composition of cosmic rays and its transformation in the interstellar medium16. Energy spectrum and spatial distribution (anisotropy) of cosmic rays; 17. The secondary electron component of cosmic rays and the general galactic radio emission spectrum; 18. Gamma rays and magnetic bremsstrahlung X-radiation due to pion decay; 19. Gamma and X-radiation connected with galactic and metagalactic cosmic rays; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1: SOME CONSTANTS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; APPENDIX 2: ASTROPHYSICAL QUANTITIES.