Cosmic radiation

Fülszöveg

This series of lectures on cosmic radiation was
prepared as an anniversary volume dedicated to
Arnold Sommerfeld. On the very day which the
book was intended to commemorate, and before
many copies had been distributed, bombs fell on
Berlin, destroying the plates and the entire stock
of printed volumes.
The present translation has been prepared from
one of the few copies to reach this country, in
order to make the material available to American
physicists.
Although the fifteen articles are written by
several authors, the material is well integrated
with numerous cross-references and a consistent
notation. The lectures present a general survey
of recent accomplishments and as yet unsolved
problems in a branch of physics which is bound
to attract many workers in the next few years.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Review of the present state of
our knowledge of cosmic radiation.
Cascades: The cascade theory. The large air
showers.
Mesons: The creation of mesons.... Tovább

Fülszöveg

This series of lectures on cosmic radiation was
prepared as an anniversary volume dedicated to
Arnold Sommerfeld. On the very day which the
book was intended to commemorate, and before
many copies had been distributed, bombs fell on
Berlin, destroying the plates and the entire stock
of printed volumes.
The present translation has been prepared from
one of the few copies to reach this country, in
order to make the material available to American
physicists.
Although the fifteen articles are written by
several authors, the material is well integrated
with numerous cross-references and a consistent
notation. The lectures present a general survey
of recent accomplishments and as yet unsolved
problems in a branch of physics which is bound
to attract many workers in the next few years.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Review of the present state of
our knowledge of cosmic radiation.
Cascades: The cascade theory. The large air
showers.
Mesons: The creation of mesons. Showers
with penetrating particles. The absorption of
mesons. Burst excitation by mesons. The radio-
active decay of mesons. The decay electrons of
mesons. Theory of the meson. Meson theory of
the deuteron. Theory of explosive showers.
Nuclear Particles: Nuclear disruption and
heavy particles in cosmic radiation. On the pro-
duction of neutrons by cosmic rays and their dis-
tribution in the atmosphere.
Geomagnetic Effects: Cosmic rays and the
magnetic field of the earth.
Text in English. 6x9. 192 pages. Vissza