Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-01-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
32 pages, 8 figures in eps format, plain LaTeX + package graphicx
Scientific paper
Cosmic rays represent one of the most fascinating research themes in modern astronomy and physics. After almost a century since their discovery, a huge amount of scientific literature has been written on this topic and it is not always easy to extract from it the necessary information for somebody who approaches the subject for the first time. This has been the main motivation for preparing this article, which is a concise and self-contained review for whoever is interested in studying cosmic rays. The priority has been given here to well established facts, which are not at risk to get obsolete in a few years due to the fast progress of the research in this field. Also many data are presented, which are useful to characterize the doses of ionizing radiation delivered to organisms living on the Earth due to cosmic rays. The technical terms which are often encountered in the scientific literature are explained in a separate appendix.
Ferrari Franco
Szuszkiewicz Ewa
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