Cosmic Radiation: Spectra and Composition
Published on 31. May 1997
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144 pages
978-0-08-043106-2 (ISBN)
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This publication brings together two groups of papers under two headings. The first group of papers are under the heading "Energetic Spectra and Charge Composition of Galactic Cosmic Rays above 10 eV: Implications for the Origin and Acceleration limit of Galactic Cosmic Ray". This session contains 4 papers on the "knee" region of the cosmic ray spectrum near 1PeV energies. The session has some discussion of proposed instruments to investigate this region and other theoretical papers which investigate the generation and transport of these particles in our galaxy. The second group of papers are under the heading "Cosmic Ray Composition Studies at Solar Minimum". This session contains 18 papers providing results relating to experiments flown during the latest solar minimum. Areas covered include new observations of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), new Ulysses measurements of GCR spectra outside the ecliptic plane, several theoretical studies, new observations of Anomalous Cosmic Ray (ACR) from two spacecraft, and description of an alternative approach to simulation of ACR transport in the heliosphere.
This publication brings together two groups of papers under two headings. The first group of papers are under the heading "Energetic Spectra and Charge Composition of Galactic Cosmic Rays above 10 eV: Implications for the Origin and Acceleration limit of Galactic Cosmic Ray". This session contains 4 papers on the "knee" region of the cosmic ray spectrum near 1PeV energies. The session has some discussion of proposed instruments to investigate this region and other theoretical papers which investigate the generation and transport of these particles in our galaxy. The second group of papers are under the heading "Cosmic Ray Composition Studies at Solar Minimum". This session contains 18 papers providing results relating to experiments flown during the latest solar minimum. Areas covered include new observations of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), new Ulysses measurements of GCR spectra outside the ecliptic plane, several theoretical studies, new observations of Anomalous Cosmic Ray (ACR) from two spacecraft, and description of an alternative approach to simulation of ACR transport in the heliosphere.
This publication brings together two groups of papers under two headings. The first group of papers are under the heading "Energetic Spectra and Charge Composition of Galactic Cosmic Rays above 10 eV: Implications for the Origin and Acceleration limit of Galactic Cosmic Ray". This session contains 4 papers on the "knee" region of the cosmic ray spectrum near 1PeV energies. The session has some discussion of proposed instruments to investigate this region and other theoretical papers which investigate the generation and transport of these particles in our galaxy. The second group of papers are under the heading "Cosmic Ray Composition Studies at Solar Minimum". This session contains 18 papers providing results relating to experiments flown during the latest solar minimum. Areas covered include new observations of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), new Ulysses measurements of GCR spectra outside the ecliptic plane, several theoretical studies, new observations of Anomalous Cosmic Ray (ACR) from two spacecraft, and description of an alternative approach to simulation of ACR transport in the heliosphere.
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English
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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978-0-08-043106-2 (9780080431062)
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Energetic Spectra and Charge Composition of Galactic Cosmic Rays Above 10 11 EV: Implications for the Origin and Acceleration Limit of Galactic Cosmic Rays . Preface (S.P. Swordy). Transport of high energy cosmic rays (V.S. Ptuskin). Particle acceleration at shocks in the presence of a braided magnetic field (J.G. Kirk et al. ). Advanced thin ionization calorimeter to measure ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (E.S. Seo et al. ). Towards the knee: direct measurement of the cosmic ray composition with electronic detectors (D. Muller et al. ). Cosmic Ray Composition Studies at Solar Minimum . Preface (A. Westphal). Nucleosynthesis and composition at the cosmic ray source (B.S. Meyer et al. ). The charge spectrum of ultra heavy nuclei, including actinides, in the cosmic radiation (A.J. Keane et al. ). First results from Large Trek (A.J. Westphal et al. ). Measurement of cosmic ray H and He isotopes in a balloon borne experiment with a superconducting solenoid spectrometer (E.S. Seo et al. ). Propagation of UH cosmic ray nuclei in a leaky box (C.J. Waddington). Wolf-rayet stars and isotopic anomalies in cosmic rays (G. Meynet, A. Maeder). Theoretical predictions for cosmic ray secondary antiprotons (T.K. Gaisser, R.K. Schaefer). Next steps to understanding cosmic ray propagation (V.S. Ptuskin et al. ). Solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays: the 3D heliosphere (B. Heber et al. ). WIND/EPACT observations of anomalous cosmic rays (D.V. Reames et al. ). Composition and energy spectra of anomalous cosmic rays observed by the GEOTAIL satellite (N. Hasebe et al. ). Monte Carlo calculations of cosmic ray electron and nuclei diffusion in the galaxy - a comparison of data and predictions (W.R. Webber, J.M. Rockstroh).