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The proceedings present the newest developments and highlights of cosmic ray production and propagation, the extragalactic realm now being explored using neutrino and gamma ray astronomy. These Fields are strongly related to high energy physics.
Invited, Rapporteur, and Highlight Papers of the 25th International Cosmic Ray Conference : Durban, South Africa, 30 July-6 August, 1997
by World ScientificEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-03-01
Publisher(s): WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC
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Summary
The 25(th) International Cosmic Ray Conference marked the golden jubilee of this series of conferences. Held under the auspices of the IUPAP Commission C4, it was hosted by the Space Research Unit of the Department of Physics of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Duggal Award Presentation | |
| Introduction to J.H. Buckley | |
| Introduction of J.A. Simpson | p. 3 |
| The Cosmic Radiation: Reviewing the Present and Future | p. 4 |
| The Major Discoveries of the Ulysses Mission | p. 27 |
| SOHO - A Global View of Sun and Heliosphere | p. 39 |
| Solar Neutrinos as Highlight of Astroparticle Physics | p. 59 |
| High-Energy Interactions and Extensive Air Showers | p. 83 |
| Interacting and Escaping Solar Energetic Particles | p. 109 |
| Energetic Particles in the Solar Wind: Propagation, Acceleration, and Modulation | p. 135 |
| Galactic and Anomalous Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere | p. 151 |
| Quasiperiodic Variations and Terrestrial Environment | p. 175 |
| X Rays and Gamma Rays from Space Observations | p. 193 |
| Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Astronomy and Multi-Joule Cosmic-Ray Experiments: Present Status and Future Prospects | p. 211 |
| Low Energy Cosmic Rays: Their Composition and Nuclear Cross Sections | p. 237 |
| Charged Cosmic Rays above 1 TeV | p. 257 |
| Cosmic Ray Sources | p. 281 |
| Solar and Atmospheric Neutrino Results from Super-Kamiokande | p. 291 |
| The Extensive Air Shower Experiment KASCADE - First Results | p. 297 |
| Recent Results on Gamma-Ray Bursts with the BeppoSAX Satellite | p. 307 |
| Very High Energy Gamma Rays from Markarian 501 | p. 317 |
| Interaction of the Solar Wind with the Local Interstellar Medium | p. 333 |
| Author Index | p. 343 |
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