Research Catalog

Title

Cosmic radiation : spectra and composition : proceedings of the E1.6 and E1.7 symposia of COSPAR Scientific Commission E which were held during the thirty-first COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Birmingham, U.K., 14-21 July 1996 / edited by S.P. Swordy and A.J. Westphal.

Author

COSPAR. Scientific Assembly (31st : 1996 : Birmingham, England)

Publication

Kidlington, Oxford ; Tarrytown, N.Y. : Published for the Committee on Space Research [by] Pergamon, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Swordy, S. P.
• Westphal, A. J.
• COSPAR. Scientific Commission E.

Description

vii pages, pages 691-822 : illustrations; 28 cm

Series Statement

Advances in space research, 0273-1177 ; v. 19, no. 5

Uniform Title

Advances in space research ; v. 19, no. 5.

Subject

• Cosmic background radiation > Congresses
• Cosmic rays > Congresses
• Cosmic rays
• Cosmic background radiation

Genre/Form

• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Transport of high energy cosmic rays / V.S. Ptuskin -- Particle acceleration at shocks in the presence of a braided magnetic field / J.G. Kirk, P. Duffy, Y.A. Gallant -- Advanced thin ionization calorimeter to measure ultrahigh energy cosmic rays / J. Isbert [and others] -- Towards the knee: direct measurements of the cosmic ray composition with electronic detectors / D. Mulle [and others] -- Preface / A. Westphal -- Nucleosynthesis and composition at the cosmic ray source / B.S. Meyer [and others] -- The charge spectrum of ultra heavy nuclei, including actinides, in the cosmic radiation / A.J. Keane [and others] -- First results from large trek / O.S. Tsigankov [and others] -- Voyager measurements of the isotopic composition of Fe, Co and Ni nuclei, implications for the nucleosynthesis and the acceleration of cosmic rays / A. Lukasiak [and others] -- Measurement of cosmic ray H and He isotopes in a balloon borne experiment with a superconducting solenoid spectrometer / M. Motoki [and others] -- 3He and 2H measurements and what they tell us about cosmic ray propagation in the galaxy / W.R. Webber -- Propagation of UH cosmic ray nuclei in a leaky box / C.J. Waddington -- Wolf-Rayet stars and isotopic anomalies in cosmic rays / G. Meynet, A. Maeder -- Observations of high energy primary electrons and their astrophysical significance / J. Nishimura [and others] -- Cosmic ray antiproton spectrum measured by BESS in 1993-1995 / M. Nozaki [and others] -- Theoretical predictions for cosmic ray secondary antiprotons / T.K. Gaisser, R.K. Schaefer -- Effects from diffusive reacceleration on propagating cosmic rays / M. Simon, A. Molnar -- Next steps to understanding cosmic ray propagation / V.S. Ptuskin [and others] -- Solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays: the 3D heliosphere / B. Heber, M.S. Potgieter, P. Ferrando -- An alternative approach to the modeling of anomalous cosmic ray intensities in the heliosphere / C.D. Steenberg, H. Moraal -- WIND/EPACT observations of anomalous cosmic rays / D.V. Reames, L.M. Barbier, T.T. von Rosenvinge -- Composition and energy spectra of anomalous cosmic rays observed by the geotail satellite / H. Shirai [and others] -- Monte Carlo calculations of cosmic ray electron and nuclei diffusion in the galaxy, a comparison of data and predictions / W.R. Webber, J.M. Rockstroh.

ISBN

• 0080431062
• 9780080431062

LCCN

15594817

OCLC

• ocm37027376
• 37027376
• SCSB-2120452

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library