intensity of cosmic rays

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• Cosmic ray — For the film, see Cosmic Ray (film). Cosmic radiation redirects here. For some background types of cosmic radiation, see cosmic background radiation and cosmic background. The energy spectrum for cosmic rays Cosmic rays are energetic charged… …   Wikipedia

• cosmic ray — Physics. a radiation of high penetrating power that originates in outer space and consists partly of high energy atomic nuclei. [1920 25, Amer.] * * * High speed particle (atomic nucleus or electron) that travels through the Milky Way Galaxy.… …   Universalium

• Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomy — Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomyThermal (non microwave background) temperature predictions* 1896 Charles Edouard Guillaume estimates the radiation of the stars to be 5.6K. [Guillaume, C. E., 1896, La Nature 24, series 2, p. 234,… …   Wikipedia

• Neutron monitor — A neutron monitor is a ground based detector designed to measure the number of high energy charged particles striking the Earth s atmosphere from outer space. For historical reasons the incoming particles are called cosmic rays , but in fact they …   Wikipedia

• Compton–Getting effect — Not to be confused with Compton effect. The Compton–Getting effect is an apparent anisotropy in the intensity of radiation or particles due to the relative motion between the observer and the source. This effect was first identified in the… …   Wikipedia

• Millikan , Robert Andrews — (1868–1953) American physicist The son of a Congregational minister from Morrison, Illinois, Millikan was educated at Oberlin, where he studied classics, and Columbia University, where he obtained his PhD in 1895. After a year in Europe, studying …   Scientists

• Erich Regener — Infobox Scientist box width = name = Erich Regener image size = caption = Erich Regener, May 1929 birth date = 12 November 1881 birth place = Schleusenau, West Prussia death date = 27 February 1955 death place = Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg… …   Wikipedia

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• mass spectrometry — or mass spectroscopy Analytic technique by which chemical substances are identified by sorting gaseous ions by mass using electric and magnetic fields. A mass spectrometer uses electrical means to detect the sorted ions, while a mass spectrograph …   Universalium

• Compton effect — Comp·ton effect käm(p) tən n the loss of energy and concomitant increase in wavelength of a usu. high energy photon (as of X rays or gamma rays) that occurs upon collision of the photon with an electron Compton Arthur Holly (1892 1962) American… …   Medical dictionary

• Forbush effect — ▪ astronomy       in astronomy, an occasional decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays as observed on Earth, attributed to magnetic effects produced by solar flares (solar flare), which are disturbances on the Sun. The effect was discovered in… …   Universalium