Cosmic Bullets: High Energy Particles in Astrophysics (Frontiers of Science (Reading, Mass.).)

Book Description
The first complete book on one of the oldest cosmic mysteries In 1992 the fastest object known to mankind hit the Earth's atmosphere at a speed within a billion-trillionth of one percent of the speed of light, carrying an energy far above that of the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. That object was a cosmic ray. Cosmic Bullets is the incredible story of the discovery and study of these messengers from deep space. The authors have captured the excitement and mystery of testing the utmost limits of scientific detection on these unusual particles.


About the Author
Roger Clay and Bruce Dawson, senior research physicists at the University of Adelaide, Australia, are both part of major international collaborations to study the highest energy particles in the universe.


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In Cosmic Bullets leading cosmic ray experts Roger Clay and Bruce Dawson tell the incredible story of the discovery and study of these messengers from deep space. They point out that despite a century of intensive research, it is still far from certain where most cosmic rays come from or how they were created. Nevertheless, the little-known story of their discovery and subsequent study holds many sudden twists and wonderful surprises. The authors have captured the excitement and mystery of astrophysical research, and the human drama of science, in this story of discovery.


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