Solar Cosmic Rays (eBook)

L.I. Miroshnichenko (Autor)

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2013
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-94-015-9646-6 (ISBN)

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It turned out to be really a rare and happy occasion that we know exact1y when and how a new branch of space physics was born, namely, a physics of solar cosmic rays. It happened on February 28 and March 7, 1942 when the fIrst "e;cosmic ray bursts"e; were recorded on the Earth, and the Sun was unambiguously identifIed for the fIrst time as the source of high-velocity 10 particles with energies up to > 10 eV. Just due to such a high energy these relativistic particles have been called "e;solar cosmic rays"e; (SCR), in distinction from the "e;true"e; cosmic rays of galactic origin. Between 1942 and the beginning ofthe space era in 1957 only extremely high energy solar particle events could be occasionally recorded by cosmic ray ground-Ievel detectors and balloon borne sensors. Since then the detection techniques varied considerably and the study of SCR turned into essential part of solar and solar-terrestrial physics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• ISBN-10: 94-015-9646-8 / 9401596468
• ISBN-13: 978-94-015-9646-6 / 9789401596466