Fully updated for the second edition, this book introduces the growing and dynamic field of particle astrophysics. It provides an overview of high-energy nuclei, photons and neutrinos, including their origins, their propagation in the cosmos, their detection on Earth and their relation to each other. Coverage is expanded to include new content on high energy physics, the propagation of protons and nuclei in cosmic background radiation, neutrino astronomy, high-energy and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, sources and acceleration mechanisms, and atmospheric muons and neutrinos. Readers are able to master the fundamentals of particle astrophysics within the context of the most recent developments in the field. This book will benefit graduate students and established researchers alike, equipping them with the knowledge and tools needed to design and interpret their own experiments and, ultimately, to address a number of questions concerning the nature and origins of cosmic particles that have arisen in recent research.
Author(s): Thomas K. Gaisser, Ralph Engel, Elisa Resconi
Edition: 2
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 458
Tags: Cosmic Rays, Particle Physics, Astrophysics
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
1. Cosmic rays
2. Cosmic ray data
3. Particle physics
4. Hadronic interactions and accelerator data
5. Cascade equations
6. Atmospheric muons and neutrinos
7. Neutrino masses and oscillations
8. Muons and neutrinos underground
9. Cosmic rays in the Galaxy
10. Extragalactic propagation of cosmic rays
11. Astrophysical - rays and neutrinos
12. Acceleration
13. Supernovae in the Milky Way
14. Astrophysical accelerators and beam dumps
15. Electromagnetic cascades
16. Extensive air showers
17. Very high energy cosmic rays
18. Neutrino astronomy
A.1. Units, constants and definitions
A.2. References to flux measurements
A.3. Particle flux, density, and interaction cross section
A.4. Fundamentals of scattering theory
A.5. Regge amplitude
A.6. Glauber model of nuclear cross sections
A.7. Earth's atmosphere
A.8. Longitudinal development of air showers
A.9. Secondary positrons and electrons
A.10. Liouville's theorem and cosmic ray propagation
A.11. Cosmology and distances measures
A.12. The Hillas splitting algorithm
References
Index.
