Kosmische Strahlung II / Cosmic Rays II [electronic resource] /

Theory of Cascade Showers -- A. Introduction -- B. The elementary processes -- C. The diffusion equations for electron showers, and the limitations of the approximations -- D. Behaviour of the shower functions and elementary solutions -- E. One-dimensional electron shower theory -- F. Three-dimensional electron shower theory -- G. Application of the theory to the shower phenomena -- References -- Cosmic Rays and High-Energy Physics -- I. Discovery of multiple production -- II. Direct observations of high-energy interactions -- III. Behaviour of high-energy cosmic rays -- IV. Models of multiple production -- V. Summary of cosmic-ray information -- References -- The Spectrum and Charge Composition of the Primary Cosmic Radiation -- I. Introduction -- II. Solar influences on the spectrum -- III. Spectrum of the total radiation -- IV. The spectrum of the singly charged component -- V. The spectrum of the helium component -- VI. Nuclei heavier than helium -- VII. The spectrum of the L nuclei -- VIII. The spectrum of the S (M + H) nuclei -- IX. Intensity and spectrum of the electronic component -- X. Charge composition and spectrum of the cosmic radiation between 30 and 10000 GeV -- XI. The energy spectrum of the total radiation at energies > 1014 eV/Nuc -- XII. Detailed charge features of the radiation -- XIII. A comparison of the spectra of the different charge groups -- XIV. Astrophysical consequences of the above results in relation to the acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays -- References -- High Energy Photons and Neutrinos from Cosmic Sources -- I. Introduction -- II. Production in the interstellar gas, the galactic halo, and the intergalactic medium -- III. Discrete sources of high energy photons -- IV. Neutrino sources -- V. Conclusion -- References -- The Time Variations of the Cosmic Ray Intensity -- I. Introduction -- II. Geophysical effects of cosmic radiation -- III. Experimental evidence on the modulation mechanism -- IV. Modulation mechanisms -- References -- Nukleonen in der Atmosphäre -- A. Einleitung -- B. Die Primärkomponente der kosmischen Strahlung -- C. Kernwechselwirkungen der Nukleonen-Komponente in der Atmosphäre -- D. Protonen in der Atmosphäre -- E. Neutronen in der Atmosphäre -- Anhang 1: Kosmische Strahlung — Registrierstationen -- Anhang 2: Das Erdmagnetfeld; geomagnetische Koordinaten; spezielle Wahl -- Literatur -- Cosmic Ray Produced Radioactivity on the Earth -- A. Introduction -- B. Corpuscular radiation -- C. Production of isotopes in the atmosphere -- D. Terrestrial isotopes of non-atmospheric origin -- E. Circulation of isotopes in the geosphere -- F. Some important observations on cosmic ray produced radio nuclides in the geosphere -- G. Appendix -- References -- Effects of Cosmic Rays on Meteorites -- Course of radiation in a meteorite -- History of meteorites -- Secular equilibrium -- Time variations -- Meteorite samples -- Measurement -- Cosmic-ray age -- Production rates -- Recovered artificial satellites -- References -- Sachverzeichnis (Deutch-Englisch) -- Subject Index (English-German).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Sitte, K. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1967
Subjects:	Physics., Astronomy., Astrophysics., Cosmology., Observations, Astronomical., Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astroparticles., Astronomy, Observations and Techniques., Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46079-1
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