Origin of Cosmic Rays (eBook)

V. L. Ginzburg, S. I. Syrovatskii (Autoren)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
444 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-8131-8 (ISBN)

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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 emission and cosmic rays in the universe. Next, the selection deals with the motion of cosmic rays in the interstellar medium and the origin of cosmic rays. The text also talks about the quantitative galactic theory of the origin of cosmic rays. The book will be of great use to astronomers, astrophysicists, and scientists who studies phenomena that involves celestial bodies.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
The Origin of Cosmic Rays 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
PREFACE TO ENGLISH EDITION 12
FOREWORD 14
SYMBOLS 16
INTRODUCTION 22
CHAPTER I. PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS ON THE EARTH 26
1. Composition of the nuclear components of cosmic rays 28
2. Electrons, gamma rays and neutrinos 43
3. The energy spectrum and degree of anisotropy of cosmic rays 56
CHAPTER II. COSMIC MAGNETIC BREMSSTRAHLUNG (SYNCHROTRON) 74
4. Magnetic bremsstrahlung (synchrotron emission) 75
5. Some radio astronomy data 101
6. Cosmic rays in the Universe 124
CHAPTER III. MOTION OF COSMIC RAYS IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM 143
7. Energy losses and fragmentation of the nuclear component 144
8. Energy losses for electrons 167
9. Acceleration mechanisms and cosmic ray injection 178
10. The nature of the motion of cosmic rays in the Galaxy 195
CHAPTER IV. THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC RAYS 213
11. Cosmic ray sources in the Galaxy and the galactic theory of the origin of cosmic rays 215
12. "Expanded" galactic theory of the origin of cosmic rays 254
13. Cosmic rays of metagalactic origin 263
CHAPTER V. QUANTITATIVE GALACTIC THEORY OF THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC RAYS 310
14. Equations describing the behaviour of cosmic rays in the interstellar medium 310
15. Chemical composition of cosmic rays and its transformation in the interstellar medium 325
16. Energy spectrum and spatial distribution (anisotropy) of cosmic rays 347
17. The secondary electron component of cosmic rays and the general galactic radio emission spectrum 365
18. Gamma rays and magnetic bremsstrahlung X-radiation due to pion decay 386
19. Gamma and X-radiation connected with galactic and metagalactic cosmic rays 400
CONCLUSION 421
APPENDIX 1: SOME CONSTANTS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 425
APPENDIX 2: ASTROPHYSICAL QUANTITIES 426
APPENDIX 3: VALUES OF THE FUNCTIONS F(X) = x .x8K5/3(.)d. AND FP(x) = xK2/3(x) 429
REFERENCES 430
SUBJECT INDEX 448
INDEX OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS 452

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-8131-6 / 1483181316
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-8131-8 / 9781483181318