Cosmic ray physics

Lai, D., Peters, B., Cosmic-ray produced isotopes and their applications to problems in geophysics, In Progress in Elementary Particle and Cosmic Ray Physics, North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, Vol. 6, p. 1-74, 1962. 

It is appropriate to begin this lecture with a diagram from the review of Shapiro Silberberg, 1970, which compares the abundances of elements in the cosmic radiation with solar system abundances. This classic measurement is one of the foundations of cosmic-ray physics. The elements lithium, beryllium and boron are quite abundant among cosmic rays even though they constitute only a tiny fraction of the material in the solar system and the interstellar medium. This fact is understood largely as the result of spallation of the... 

S. Hayakawa, (1969) Cosmic Ray Physics, Wiley-Interscience, New York. J.V. Jelley, (1967) Prog, in Elementary Particle and Cosmic Ray Physics, 9,... 

P. Sokolsky, (1989) Introduction to Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics, Addison Wesley Publishing Company. 

S. Hayakawa, (1969) Cosmic Ray Physics, Wiley-Interscience, New York. 

P.F. Michelson (1994) in Towards a Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Detector III, 257, Ed. T. Kifune, Universal Academy Press Inc., Tokyo, Japair P. Sokolsky, (19 9) Introduction to Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics, Addison Wesley Publishing Company. 

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