Cosmic Rays I / Kosmische Strahlung I

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Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2012, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -InhaltsangabeThe Origin of Cosmic Rays.- A. Summary of the properties of cosmic rays.- B. Structure of the model.- C. Propagation of the cosmic ray beam in space.- D. The diffusion of the cosmic-ray particles.- E. The astronomical setting for cosmic rays.- F. Synthesis of a model.- General references.- Theory of the Geomagnetic Effects of Cosmic Radiation.- References.- Experimental Results of Flights in the Stratosphere.- I. Intensities of cosmic radiation in the atmosphere.- II. Particle interactions in the atmosphere.- III. The intensities of the components.- Summary and conclusion.- General references.- Penetrating Showers.- I. Introduction.- II. Attenuation and interaction mean free path of the shower particles.- III. Meson production in penetrating showers.- IV. Discussion and interpretation.- V. Summary.- Extensive Air Showers.- A. A qualitative description.- B. The electro-magnetic cascade.- I. Results of the electro-magnetic cascade theory.- a) The longitudinal development.- b) The lateral distribution.- c) The time distribution.- II. Experimental results.- a) The density spectrum.- b) Development in the atmosphere.- c) Localization of the shower core.- d) The lateral distribution.- e) The number spectrum.- C. The meson-nucleon cascade.- I. Experimental results.- a) The N-component.- b) The -component above ground.- c) The -component underground.- II. Interpretation of the results.- D. Selected topics.- I. The nature of the primary radiation.- II. The energy spectrum of the primary radiation.- III. Time variations correlated with atmospheric changes.- IV. Time variations correlated with changes in the primary radiation.- The Hard Component of -Mesons in the Atmosphere.- A. Introduction.- B. Properties of the -meson component in the vertical direction.- I. Measurement of the momentum spectrum of -mesons at sea level.- a) A summary of the techniques of measurement.- b) Measurement of the momentum spectrum.- II. The effect of instrumental bias on the spectrum measurements.- III. The interpretation of the vertical momentum spectrum.- a) The relationships between the various spectra.- b) The - and -meson spectra in the low energy region.- c) The - and -meson spectra in the high energy region.- IV. Latitude effect.- V. The positive excess.- a) Experimental results on the positive excess.- b) Comparison with theory.- C. Comparison with -meson production models.- D. The properties of the -meson component in inclined directions.- I. The observed variation of the momentum spectrum with zenith angle for moderate angles.- a) Experimental results.- b) Theoretical interpretation.- II. The spectrum at large zenith angles.- III. The latitude effect in inclined directions.- IV. The positive excess.- E. Meteorological effects on the -meson component.- Sachverzeichnis (Deutsch-Englisch).- Subject Index (English-German). 344 pp. Englisch.…

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Title
Cosmic Rays I / Kosmische Strahlung I
Author
S. Flügge
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2012
Publication year
2012
Condition
Neu
Binding
Taschenbuch
Language
English
ISBN 10
3642459668
ISBN 13
9783642459665
Item weight
595 grams
Dimensions
244x170x19 mm

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