scholarly journals The measurement of the energy of cosmic rays - II—The curvature measurements and the energy spectrum

Both the penetrating power of the cosmic rays through material ab­sorbers and their ability to reach the earth in spite of its magnetic field, make it certain that the energy of many of the primary particles must reach at least 10 11 e-volts. However, the energy measurements by Kunze, and by Anderson, using cloud chambers in strong magnetic fields, have extended only to about 5 x 10 9 e-volts. Particles of greater energy were reported, but the curvature of their tracks was too small to be measured with certainty. We have extended these energy measurements to somewhat higher energies, using a large electro-magnet specially built for the purpose and described in Part I. As used in these experiments, the magnet allowed the photography of tracks 17 cm long in a field of about 14,000 gauss. The magnet weighed about 11,000 kilos and used a power of 25 kilowatts.

1970 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 168-183
Author(s):  
E. N. Parker

The topic of this presentation is the origin and dynamical behavior of the magnetic field and cosmic-ray gas in the disk of the Galaxy. In the space available I can do no more than mention the ideas that have been developed, with but little explanation and discussion. To make up for this inadequacy I have tried to give a complete list of references in the written text, so that the interested reader can pursue the points in depth (in particular see the review articles Parker, 1968a, 1969a, 1970). My purpose here is twofold, to outline for you the calculations and ideas that have developed thus far, and to indicate the uncertainties that remain. The basic ideas are sound, I think, but, when we come to the details, there are so many theoretical alternatives that need yet to be explored and so much that is not yet made clear by observations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.P. Gaidar

On the crystalsof compensatedp‑Ge (with the compensation factor of k = NSb/NGa = 0.5) the transverse (Н ^ (J // X)) magnetoresistance (within the magnetic fields of 0 < Н £ 22.3 kOe) at fixed values of the mechanical stresses Хі = 0; 0.2; 0.4; 0.6; 0.9; 1.1; 1.5 GPa were measured at 77 K. These mechanical stresses X created the elastic deformation along the samples, the crystallographic orientation of which coincided with the direction of [100]. Also at fixed magnetic field intensities Ні = 2; 4; 8; 10; 15; 20; 22.3 kOe the dependencies of resistivity  on the mechanical stress X, which coincides with the longitudinal axis of the crystal (X // J // [100]) and changes in the range of 0 £ Х £ 1.5 GPa, were measured. Last dependences characterized by the presence of a minimum in the range of X ~ 0.5 ¸ 0.6 GPa at the minimal magnetic field intensities Н = 2 kOe, which was shifted to the values of X ~ 0.2 ¸ 0.3 GPa with increasing Н up to 22.3 kOe.


2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (H15) ◽  
pp. 251-253
Author(s):  
Vitor de Souza ◽  
Peter L. s Biermman

AbstractIn this paper we briefly discuss the present status of the cosmic ray astrophysics under the light of the new data from the Pierre Auger Observatory. The measured energy spectrum is used to test the scenario of production in nearby radio galaxies. Within this framework the AGN correlation would require that most of the cosmic rays are heavy nuclei and are widely scattered by intergalactic magnetic fields.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (12n13) ◽  
pp. 1645-1653
Author(s):  
MARINA GIBILISCO

In this work, I study the propagation of cosmic rays inside the magnetic field of the Earth, at distances d ≤ 500 Km from its surface; at these distances, the geomagnetic field deeply influences the diffusion motion of the particles. I compare the different effects of the interplanetary and of the geomagnetic fields, by also discussing their role inside the cosmic rays transport equation; finally, I present an analytical method to solve such an equation through a factorization technique.


1968 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 127-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. I. Syrovatsky ◽  
Y. D. Zhugzhda

The convection in a compressible inhomogeneous conducting fluid in the presence of a vertical uniform magnetic field has been studied. It is shown that a new mode of oscillatory convection occurs, which exists in arbitrarily strong magnetic fields. The convective cells are stretched along the magnetic field, their horizontal dimensions are determined by radiative cooling. Criteria for convective instability in a polytropic atmosphere are obtained for various boundary conditions in the case when the Alfvén velocity is higher compared with the velocity of sound.The role of oscillatory convection in the origin of sunspots and active regions is discussed.


Magnetostriction may be defined in general as the change of shape of a substance when it is magnetised. The phenomenon may originate from various causes, but there is one which appears to us to be of major importance. From our present conceptions of the origin of cohesion between the atoms forming a crystal lattice it appears that a considerable part of this cohesion is due to forces of electrodynamical origin; we may therefore expect to influence these forces by means of a magnetic field, and thus produce a change of shape of the body. In ferromagnetic substances magnetostriction is easily observed in ordinary magnetic fields and a number of theoretical investigations have been carried out to explain the general aspects of the phenomenon. With para- and diamagnetic substances, however, no magnetostriction has been observed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (H15) ◽  
pp. 459-460
Author(s):  
L. Feretti ◽  
A. Bonafede ◽  
G. Giovannini ◽  
F. Govoni ◽  
M. Murgia

A breakthrough in the studies of magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies has been reached in recent years from the analysis of the Rotation Measure of sources seen through the magnetized cluster medium (Govoni & Feretti 2004). The results obtained can be summarized as follows: (i) magnetic fields are present in all clusters; (ii) at the center of clusters undergoing merger activity the field strenght is around 1 μG, whereas at the center of relaxed cooling core clusters the intensity is much higher (~ 10 μG); (iii) a model involving a single magnetic field coherence scale is not suitable to describe the observational data, because of different scales of field ordering and tangling.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 1550046
Author(s):  
Kostadin Trenčevski

In this paper we show that the Thomas precession of the spinning bodies, which is in general case constrained in all rigid bodies, induces magnetic field of the spinning bodies. This is one of the main reasons for the magnetic field of the spinning bodies. The general formula for this magnetic field is deduced and if it is applied to the Earth, its magnetic field changes between 0.295 G at the equator and 0.59 G at the poles, assuming that the density inside the Earth is uniform.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document