Cosmic rays

[go quantum!]

I am looking for a textbook that gives a good description of the cosmic rays hitting the Earth. Do you have any suggestion?

Thanks.

[Naty1]

Have you seen here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_rays

be sure to read NOTES (references) at the bottom.

[Naty1]

Also try a search in the forums....

I had a question about cosmic rays in early 2010 which was discussed here:

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=378210&highlight=cosmic+rays+global+warming

[Astronuc]

I am looking for a textbook that gives a good description of the cosmic rays hitting the Earth. Do you have any suggestion?

Thanks.
See - http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/cosmic.html
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/cosmic_rays.html

http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/dick/cos_encyc.html
Cites some references

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/cosmic.html
Ref: Carroll, Bradley W. and Ostlie, Dale A., An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 2nd Ed., Pearson Eduction, Inc. , 2007

http://www.nrao.edu/A2010/whitepapers/rac/Sinnis_GCR_Origins_SSE.pdf

Texts - http://www.amazon.com/Astrophysics-Galactic-Cosmic-Space-Sciences/dp/140200107X
http://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Ray-Astrophysics-Reinhard-Schlickeiser/dp/3540664653/