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Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

By: Pierre Sokolsky

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Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

By: Pierre Sokolsky

Cosmic ray physics has recently attracted a great deal of attention from the high energy physics community because of the discovery of new sources and the advent of new techniques. The result of a series of lectures prepared for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, this book is a general introduction to experimental techniques and results in the field of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. It succinctly summarizes the rapidly developing field, and provides modern results that include data from newer detectors. Combining experiment and theory, the text explores the results of a single, easy-to-understand experiment to tie together various issues involved in the physics of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays.

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0429979282

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9780429979286

The Clock in the Sun

How We Came to Understand Our Nearest Star

By: Pierre Sokolsky

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The Clock in the Sun

How We Came to Understand Our Nearest Star

By: Pierre Sokolsky

On the surface of the Sun, spots appear and fade in a predictable cycle, like a great clock in the sky. In medieval Russia, China, and Korea, monks and court astronomers recorded the appearance of these dark shapes, interpreting them as omens of things to come. In Western Europe, by contrast, where a cosmology originating with Aristotle prevailed, the Sun was regarded as part of the unchanging celestial realm, and it took observations through telescopes by Galileo and others to establish the reality of solar imperfections. In the nineteenth century, amateur astronomers discovered that sunspots ebb and flow about every eleven years—spurring speculation about their influence on the weather and even the stock market. Exploring these and many other crucial developments, Pierre Sokolsky provides a history of knowledge of the Sun through the lens of sunspots and the solar cycle. He ranges widely across cultures and throughout history, from the earliest recorded observations of sunspots in Chinese annals to satellites orbiting the Sun today, and from worship of the Sun as a deity in ancient times to present-day scientific understandings of stars and their magnetic fields. Considering how various thinkers sought to solve the puzzle of sunspots, Sokolsky sheds new light on key discoveries and the people who made them, as well as their historical and cultural contexts. Fast-paced, comprehensive, and learned, The Clock in the Sun shows readers our closest star from many new angles.

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Columbia University Press

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0231554583

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9780231554589

Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

By: Pierre Sokolsky,Gordon Thomson

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By: Pierre Sokolsky,Gordon Thomson

This revised edition provides an up-to-date summary of the field of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, dealing with their origin, propagation, and composition,. The authors reflect the enormous strides made since the first edition in the realm of experimental work, in particular the use of vastly improved, more sensitive and precise detectors. The level remains introductory and pedagogical, suitable for students and researchers interested in moving into this exciting field. Throughout the text, the authors focus on giving an introductory overview of the key physics issues, followed by a clear and concise description of experimental approaches and current results. Key Features: Updates the most coherent summary of the field available, with new text that provides the reader with clear historical context. Brand new discussion of contemporary space-based experiments and ideas for extending ground-based detectors. Completely new discussion of radio detection methods. Includes a new chapter on small to intermediate-scale anisotropy. Offers new sections on modern hadronic models and software packages to simulate showers.

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0429621760

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Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

By: Pierre Sokolsky,Gordon Thomson

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Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

The Clock in the Sun

The Clock in the Sun

Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

Introduction To Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

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