000			01629 a2200229 4500
020			_a9780521016469
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a523.0197 _bG129c2
100			_aGaisser, Thomas K.
245			_aCosmic rays and particle physics _cThomas K. Gaisser, Ralph Engel and Elisa Resconi
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2016 _aCambridge
300			_axiv, 444p
520			_aFully 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.
650			_aCosmic rays
650			_aParticles
650			_aNuclear astrophysics
700			_aEngel, Ralph
700			_aResconi, Elisa
942			_cBK
999			_c559830 _d559830