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From ultra rays to astroparticles: A Historical Introduction to Astroparticle Physics

The book is a historical introduction to astroparticle physics. Its scope is to give an overview of this complex field of research, starting with the discovery of cosmic rays (Victor Hess, 1912) until the current experiments with particle telescopes.The book focuses on the ways in which physics chan...

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Weitere Verfasser: Falkenburg, Brigitte (HerausgeberIn) , Rhode, Wolfgang (HerausgeberIn)
Dokumenttyp: Book/Monograph
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Dordrecht Springer 2012
Schriftenreihe:SpringerLink Bücher
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-5422-5
Schlagworte:
Geschichte
Kernastrophysik
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Verfasserangaben:edited by Brigitte Falkenburg, Wolfgang Rhode
Inhaltsangabe:
  • From Ultra Rays to Astroparticles; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Roots and Connections; 1.2 The Path; 1.2.1 From the Discovery of Radioactivity to the First Accelerator Experiments; 1.2.2 Development of Cosmology: From a Static Universe to Accelerated Expansion; 1.2.3 Evolution of Astrophysics: Stars, Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Particle Acceleration; 1.2.4 Development of Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Ray Research; 1.2.5 Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy: A 23-Year Success Story in Astroparticle Physics; 1.2.6 Search for the Neutrino Mass and Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy
  • 1.2.7 From Particle Physics to Astroparticle Physics: Proton Decay and the Rise of Non-accelerator physics1.2.8 Towards High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy; 1.2.9 From Waves to Particle Tracks and Quantum Probabilities; 1.3 Summary; Chapter 2: From the Discovery of Radioactivity to the First Accelerator Experiments; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Way to the Discovery of Cosmic Rays; 2.2.1 Conductivity of Air; 2.2.2 Cathode Rays, X-Rays and Radioactivity; 2.2.3 Penetrating Radiation; 2.3 Discovery of Cosmic Rays by Victor F. Hess; 2.3.1 Calibration and Absorption Measurements; 2.3.2 Balloon Flights
  • 2.3.3 Confirmation of the `Höhenstrahlung'2.3.4 Doubts and Rediscovery; 2.4 Properties of Cosmic Rays; 2.4.1 Hardness of Cosmic Rays; 2.4.2 Barometer Effect; 2.4.3 Latitude Dependence; 2.4.4 Particle Character; 2.5 Hypothesis About the Origin of Cosmic Rays; 2.6 Begin of Particle Physics; 2.6.1 Discovery of the Positron; 2.6.2 Discovery of the Muon; 2.6.3 Discovery of the Pion; 2.6.4 Cosmic Particle Versus Accelerator Experiments; References; Chapter 3: Development of Cosmology: From a Static Universe to Accelerated Expansion; 3.1 A Static Universe, as Large as the Milky Way?
  • 3.2 An Expanding Universe, Extending Beyond the Milky Way3.3 Is the Earth Older than the Universe?; 3.4 The Origin of the Elements; 3.5 A Steady-State Universe?; 3.6 Relics from a Hot Beginning?; 3.7 Structures in the Universe; 3.8 Cosmological Inflation; 3.9 Cold Dark Matter; 3.10 Fluctuations in the CMB and Supernovae Explosions; 3.11 Nobel Prizes; References; Chapter 4: Evolution of Astrophysics: Stars, Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Particle Acceleration; 4.1 Evolution of Astrophysics; 4.1.1 Historical Introduction; 4.2 Stars, Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Particle Acceleration
  • 4.2.1 Background: Cosmology4.2.2 Stars and Their Explosions; 4.2.3 Galaxies and Black Holes; 4.2.3.1 Galaxies; 4.2.3.2 Black Holes; 4.2.3.3 Active Black Holes; 4.2.3.4 Black Hole Entropy; 4.2.4 Dark Matter; 4.2.5 Extragalactic and Galactic High Energy Particles; 4.3 From the Past to the Future of Astrophysics; References; Chapter 5: Development of Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Ray Research; 5.1 Introduction and General Overview; 5.2 The Discovery of Extensive Air Showers; 5.3 Basic Ideas About Extensive Air Showers; 5.4 From Geiger Counters to Phototube Based Detectors
  • 5.5 The Impact of the MIT Group and of Rossi
  • 1 Introduction.-
  • 2 From the discovery of radioactivity to first accelerator experiments.- 3 Development of Cosmology:From a Static Universe to Accelerated Expansion.- 4 Evolution of Astrophysics5.1 Introduction and General Overview
  • 5 Development of Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Ray Research
  • 6 Very-High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy.- 7 Search for the neutrino mass and low energy neutrino astronomy.- 8 From Particle Physics to Astroparticle Physics: Proton Decay and the Rise of Non-Accelerator Physics
  • 10 From Waves to Particle Tracks and Quantum Probabilities.- A Timetable
  • B Nobel prizes
  • C Textbooks
  • C.1 Textbooks 1987-2012
  • C.2 Textbooks 1962-1986
  • C.3 Textbooks 1937-1961
  • C.4 Textbooks 1912-1936
  • D Books in History of Physics.

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