Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics
, by Thomas K. Gaisser , Ralph Engel , Elisa ResconiNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521016469 | 0521016460
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/24/2016
List of tables | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xv |
Cosmic rays | p. 1 |
What are cosmic rays? | p. 1 |
Objective of this book | p. 2 |
Types of cosmic ray experiment | p. 3 |
Composition | p. 6 |
Energy spectra | p. 8 |
Energy density of cosmic rays | p. 11 |
Particle physics | p. 13 |
Beta-decay, a helpful example | p. 13 |
Unity of forces among elementary particles | p. 16 |
Dynamical evidence for pointlike quarks | p. 17 |
Phenomenology of strong interactions | p. 21 |
Cascade equations | p. 27 |
Transport equation for nucleons | p. 27 |
Boundary conditions | p. 29 |
Elementary solutions | p. 30 |
Approximation A | p. 30 |
Fluxes of neutrons and protons | p. 32 |
Coupled cascade equations | p. 33 |
The atmosphere | p. 34 |
Meson fluxes | p. 35 |
Hadrons and photons | p. 39 |
Meson decay | p. 39 |
Fluxes of hadrons and photons | p. 42 |
Emulsion chambers | p. 45 |
Direct measurements | p. 46 |
Large emulsion chambers | p. 48 |
Accelerator data | p. 51 |
Hadronic cross sections | p. 52 |
Nuclear cross sections | p. 54 |
Inclusive cross sections | p. 58 |
Minijet model | p. 63 |
Spectrum weighted moments | p. 65 |
Inelasticity | p. 67 |
Muons | p. 69 |
Muons in the atmosphere | p. 69 |
Relation to primary energy | p. 72 |
Muon charge ratio | p. 74 |
Passage of muons through matter | p. 75 |
Muons underground | p. 77 |
Depth-intensity relation | p. 77 |
Energy spectrum underground | p. 78 |
Prompt muons | p. 81 |
Neutrinos | p. 85 |
Fluxes | p. 86 |
Neutrinos from pions and kaons | p. 88 |
Neutrinos from decay of muons | p. 89 |
Flux of neutrinos from [pi] --] [mu] --] [nu] | p. 92 |
Atmospheric neutrinos | p. 94 |
Calculated fluxes | p. 95 |
Contained events | p. 97 |
Neutrino ratios and oscillations | p. 98 |
Neutrino-induced muons | p. 105 |
Calculation of rates | p. 106 |
Muons from atmospheric neutrinos | p. 111 |
Astrophysical neutrinos | p. 112 |
Propagation | p. 115 |
Transport equation | p. 115 |
The Galaxy | p. 117 |
Models of propagation | p. 118 |
Leaky box model | p. 119 |
Nested leaky box model | p. 122 |
Closed galaxy model | p. 122 |
Diffusion models | p. 123 |
Gamma rays and antiprotons | p. 127 |
Overview | p. 128 |
Source functions | p. 128 |
Kinematics | p. 130 |
Diffuse gamma rays and neutrinos | p. 134 |
Bremsstrahlung | p. 134 |
Nuclear interactions | p. 135 |
Observations | p. 138 |
Antiprotons | p. 139 |
Secondary antiprotons and observations | p. 140 |
Models with enhanced p flux | p. 143 |
Acceleration | p. 147 |
Power | p. 148 |
Shock acceleration | p. 149 |
Fermi mechanism | p. 149 |
1st and 2nd order Fermi acceleration | p. 150 |
Magnetic field geometry | p. 156 |
Supernova blast waves | p. 157 |
Maximum energy | p. 157 |
Maximum energy for electrons | p. 159 |
Composition and spectral shape | p. 160 |
Acceleration to ] 100 TeV | p. 161 |
Diffuse sources | p. 161 |
Point sources | p. 162 |
Power required for ] 100 TeV | p. 163 |
New supernova remnants | p. 165 |
Binary stars as cosmic accelerators | p. 169 |
Shock in accretion flow | p. 171 |
Disk dynamo | p. 172 |
Pulsar wind shock | p. 173 |
Turbulent reconnection | p. 175 |
Hercules X-1 and Cygnus X-3 | p. 175 |
Astrophysical beam dumps | p. 177 |
Nature of the data | p. 178 |
X-ray binaries | p. 178 |
A very young supernova | p. 179 |
Possible beam dump configurations | p. 180 |
Luminosity at the source | p. 182 |
Production and absorption of neutrinos | p. 184 |
Ratio of [nu] to [gamma] | p. 186 |
High energy [nu]-astronomy | p. 188 |
Neutron astronomy | p. 191 |
Air showers | p. 193 |
Particle content | p. 193 |
Types of experiment | p. 194 |
Air Cherenkov experiments | p. 194 |
Classic air shower experiments | p. 196 |
Signal to noise for point sources | p. 198 |
Fly's Eye experiment | p. 199 |
Basic features of cascades | p. 200 |
General form of solution | p. 200 |
Toy model | p. 201 |
Nuclear primaries | p. 202 |
Coincident multiple energetic muons | p. 205 |
Number of high energy muons | p. 206 |
Muon bundles underground | p. 207 |
Sensitivity to composition | p. 209 |
Electromagnetic cascades | p. 213 |
Pair production and bremsstrahlung | p. 214 |
Cascade equations | p. 216 |
Power law solutions | p. 217 |
Electromagnetic air showers | p. 219 |
Approximations for total number of particles | p. 224 |
Fluctuations | p. 225 |
Lateral spread | p. 225 |
Cosmic ray showers | p. 227 |
Muons in air showers | p. 228 |
Total N[subscript [mu]] above 1 GeV | p. 229 |
Lateral distributions of muons | p. 233 |
Relation of N[subscript e] to E[subscript 0] | p. 234 |
Lateral distribution of charged particles | p. 234 |
Method of constant intensity cuts | p. 236 |
Relation between size at maximum and E[subscript 0] | p. 238 |
Primary spectrum 10[superscript 15]-10[superscript 18] eV | p. 240 |
Primary composition 10[superscript 15]-10[superscript 18] eV | p. 242 |
Muons in electromagnetic cascades | p. 244 |
Conventional expectation | p. 245 |
Enhancing the muon content | p. 247 |
Simulation techniques | p. 249 |
Monte Carlo showers | p. 249 |
UNICAS--a cascade algorithm | p. 250 |
Nuclear fragmentation | p. 252 |
Splitting algorithm for hadronic interactions | p. 252 |
Acceptance of an air shower array | p. 256 |
Cross section at air shower energies | p. 260 |
References | p. 263 |
Index | p. 277 |
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