Possible cosmic ray signatures in clouds?

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Nov 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009jphg...36k5202e&link_type=abstract

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Volume 36, Issue 11, pp. 115202 (2009).

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The role of cosmic rays in cloud formation, by cloud condensation nuclei, is still not fully understood. Although it has been claimed by a number of authors that cosmic ray effects should be small—or even non-existent—it is still argued by others that cosmic ray effects do occur. The present work draws attention to the fact that cosmic rays do not constitute a continuous stream of particles but are characterized by occasional near-simultaneous showers of particles. Under certain circumstances, such showers should leave a signature in clouds—near vertical 'cigar-shaped clouds'—and this work describes their properties. Our own observations have revealed no such structure, but it would be valuable to have a more careful search made.

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