Cosmic Rays

15/11/99


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Table of Contents

Cosmic Rays

Cosmic Radiation

Astrophysical significance of CR

Primary and Secondary CR

Detecting Cosmic Rays

Cosmic rays (cont.)

Chemical composition

Light element abundance

Cosmic Ray lifetime in Galaxy

Escape from the Milky Way

Energy spectra of particles

Integral spectrum of primary CR

Cosmic Ray Isotropy

Isotropy (cont.)

Isotropy Table

Isotropy and magnetic fields

Direction of low-E Cosmic Rays

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The Origin of Cosmic Rays

Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays

Cosmic Rays from stars

Supernovae

And from Novae

Extragalactic Cosmic Rays

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Electron sources of Cosmic Rays

Pulsars as cosmic ray sources

Power radiated per electron

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Author: Keith O. Mason

Email: emp@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

Home Page: http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/