Directory of Cosmic Rays Resources

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Fast, relativistic particles (protons, electrons, nuclei, gamma rays, ...) coming from space.

Resources in This Category

• Athens Neutron Monitor

  http://cosray.phys.uoa.gr/
  Observing cosmic ray neutrons. Background information, explanation of worldwide monitor network, detector description, publications, links.

• Cosmic Ray Puzzle Solved

  http://focus.aps.org/story/v5/st16
  Increased estimates of extragalactic magnetic fields may explain why possible HE CR sources, like AGN M87, do not align with observed CR directions.

• High Resolution Fly's Eye Experiment (HiRes)

  http://www.cosmic-ray.org/
  Large air fluorescence cosmic ray detector.

• ICRR

  http://www.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
  Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo.

• Nuclei Cooperate to Produce Single Particle

  http://focus.aps.org/story/v24/st6
  Ultrahigh energy photons striking matter can transform into rho mesons through an interaction that involves many nuclei simultaneously, a phenomenon that may affect the detection signatures of high-energy particles from space.

• Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory

  http://www.auger.org/
  Aims to observe the highest-energy cosmic rays.

• WIZARD Experiments

  http://wizard.roma2.infn.it/
  Space-borne experiments like PAMELA, SilEye, NINA and balloons. Downloadable results, articles and pictures.

 

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