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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Space Science, Exploration and Policies
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Space science, exploration and policies series.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""HOMAGE TO THE DISCOVERY OF COSMIC RAYS, THE MESON-MUONAND SOLAR COSMIC RAYS""; ""HOMAGE TO THE DISCOVERY OF COSMIC RAYS, THE MESON-MUONAND SOLAR COSMIC RAYS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""Chapter 1 HISTORY OF COSMIC RAY DISCOVERY AND EXPERIMENTS SHOWING THEIR NATURE AND COSMIC ORIGIN (DEDICATED TO 100 YEARS OF DISCOVERY)""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. ELECTRICITY DISPERSION THROUGH AIR(18TH-19TH CENTURIES)""; ""2. EXPERIMENTS OF J.J. THOMSON IN CAVENDISH LABORATORY""; ""3. EXPERIMENTS OF J. ELSTER AND H. GEITEL (1900)"" |
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""4. experiments of c.đ¢.r. wilson (1900-1901) and thoughts on possible extraterrestrial origin of air ionizationsources""""5. air ionization and radioactive substances (1902-1910)""; ""6. the first measurements of air ionization on balloonsby a. gockel up to altitude 4500 m (1909-1911)""; ""7. discovery by victor hess of radiation from space (1911-1912)""; ""8. experiments of w. kolhã?rster and proof of existinghigh-altitude radiation (1913-1914)""; ""9. experiments of r.a. millikan with collaborators on balloons and contradiction with w. kolhã?rster's results (1922-1923)"" |
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""10. measurements of absorption factor in ice and leadin the mountains: irreparable blow struck to the hypothesis about existing radiation from space (1923)""""11. the dependence of absorption factor on atomiccharge number z: rehabilitation of the hypotheseson space origin of high-altitude radiation (1925-1926)""; ""12. final proof of extra-terrestrial origin of high altitude radiation and millikan's suppositionto call it cosmic rays (1926)""; ""13. the earlier cosmic ray investigations in the former ussr: absorption in water and zenith angle distribution(1925-1926)"" |
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""14. further investigations of cr absorption in the air and water by millikan and cameron: discovery of crheterogeneity (1926-1928)""""15. the checking of wilson's hypotheses on electronacceleration in electric fields in thunderstorm clouds(1927-1928)""; ""16. increasing of measurement depth up to 50 m andhypotheses on cosmic rays consisting of three groupsof photons with different absorption factors""; ""17. underwater cosmic ray experiments at the depthinterval 30-230 m (1928-1930)"" |
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""18. UNDERWATER COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENTS AND DISCUSSION:WHAT ARE COSMIC RAYS, ENERGETIC PHOTONS OR PARTICLES?""""19. THE PROBLEMS WITH INTERPRETATION ABSORPTION CURVESIN MATERIALS FROM HEAVY ELEMENTS (1925-1928""; ""20. THE CR TRANSITIVE EFFECT: BEHAVIOUR NEARTHE BOUNDARY BETWEEN MATERIALS WITH DIFFERENTABSORPTION FACTORS (1928-1931)""; ""21. PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS AS HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA RAYS WITHABSORPTION DUE MOSTLY TO COMPTON SCATTERING (1912-1930)""; ""22. PRIMARY CR AS THREE GROUPS OF GAMMA RAYS,GENERATED IN THE INTERSTELLAR SPACE AS THE“FIRST CRY� OF ATOMS (1928)"" |
| Summary |
There is the conjuncture that 2012 is a special year in the history of physics, that cannot go unobserved without celebration: 100 years of cosmic ray discovery, the 75th anniversary of Muon discovery and 70 years of the discovery of relativistic solar particles (Ground Level Enhancements). Several symposiums have been held in this regard, among which can be mentioned is that of the one held in Pollau, Austria in May 2012. There is need of a book that pays homage to these historical discoveries. The aim of this book is to collect some typical papers written for researchers of the international. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Cosmic rays.
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Cosmic rays. |
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Solar cosmic rays.
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Solar cosmic rays. |
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Cosmic rays -- Research -- History.
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Cosmic rays -- Research. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pérez-Peraza, Jorge A., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Homage to the discovery of cosmic rays, the meson-muon and solar cosmic rays 9781626189980 (DLC) 2013018507 (OCoLC)856518352 |
| ISBN |
9781628080421 (electronic book) |
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1628080426 (electronic book) |
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9781626189980 |
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1626189986 |
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