001479415 000__ 06195nam\a22010695i\4500 001479415 001__ 1479415 001479415 003__ DE-B1597 001479415 005__ 20231026035025.0 001479415 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479415 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479415 008__ 211129t20132000mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1013947995 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1029822530 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1032679653 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1037981410 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1042029250 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1046609398 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1047012246 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1049657304 001479415 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1054880704 001479415 020__ $$a9780674332546 001479415 0247_ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674332546$$2doi 001479415 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)248256 001479415 035__ $$a(OCoLC)900798664 001479415 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479415 0410_ $$aeng 001479415 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001479415 050_4 $$aQC485 001479415 072_7 $$aSCI000000$$2bisacsh 001479415 08204 $$a539.7/223 001479415 1001_ $$aFriedlander, Michael W., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001479415 24512 $$aA Thin Cosmic Rain :$$bParticles from Outer Space /$$cMichael W. Friedlander. 001479415 250__ $$aReprint 2014 001479415 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2013] 001479415 264_4 $$c©2000 001479415 300__ $$a1 online resource (241 p.) :$$b43 halftones, 30 line illustrations, 7 tables 001479415 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479415 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479415 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479415 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479415 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tCONTENTS -- $$t1 THE EARLY DAYS -- $$t2 IDENTIFYING COSMIC RAYS -- $$t3 THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC INFLUENCE -- $$t4 PARTICLES FROM THE SUN -- $$t5 COSMIC RAYS IN THE GALAXY -- $$t6 THE ENERGY SPECTRUM -- $$t7 ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES -- $$t8 NUCLEAR CLUES -- $$t9 THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC RAYS -- $$t10 COSMIC ELECTRONS AND GAMMA RAYS -- $$t11 COSMIC NEUTRINOS -- $$t12 THE SUBNUCLEAR WORLD -- $$t13 FOOTPRINTS AND SOUVENIRS -- $$t14 EPILOGUE -- $$tWORKS CITED -- $$tBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- $$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $$tINDEX 001479415 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479415 520__ $$aEnigmatic for many years, cosmic rays are now known to be not rays at all, but particles, the nuclei of atoms, raining down continually on the earth, where they can be detected throughout the atmosphere and sometimes even thousands of feet underground. This book tells the long-running detective story behind the discovery and study of cosmic rays, a story that stretches from the early days of subatomic particle physics in the 1890s to the frontiers of high-energy astrophysics today. Writing for the amateur scientist and the educated general reader, Michael Friedlander, a cosmic ray researcher, relates the history of cosmic ray science from its accidental discovery to its present status. He explains how cosmic rays are identified and how their energies are measured, then surveys current knowledge and theories of thin cosmic rain. The most thorough, up-to-date, and readable account of these intriguing phenomena, his book makes us party to the search into the nature, behavior, and origins of cosmic rays-and into the sources of their enormous energy, sometimes hundreds of millions times greater than the energy achievable in the most powerful earthbound particle accelerators. As this search led unexpectedly to the discovery of new particles such as the muon, pion, kaon, and hyperon, and as it reveals scenes of awesome violence in the cosmos and offers clues about black holes, supernovas, neutron stars, quasars, and neutrinos, we see clearly why cosmic rays remain central to an astonishingly diverse range of research studies on scales infinitesimally small and large. Attractively illustrated, engagingly written, this is a fascinating inside look at a science at the center of our understanding of our universe. 001479415 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479415 546__ $$aIn English. 001479415 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. 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