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History
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Types
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Effects
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Research and experiments
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Overview
- High-energy particles High-energy particle
- Protons Proton
- Atomic nuclei
- Speed of light
- Solar System
- Milky Way
- Sun
- Earth's atmosphere Atmosphere of Earth
- Showers of secondary particles Air shower (physics)
- Surface Earth's surface
- Deflected Deflection (physics)
- Earth's magnetic field
- Heliosphere
- Victor Hess Victor Francis Hess
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Fermi Space Telescope Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
- Supernova
- Neutrinos Neutrino
- Gamma rays Gamma ray
- Blazar
- TXS 0506+056
- Active galactic nuclei
- Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
- International Space Station
- Dark matter
- Antihelium
- Space Shuttle
- Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery
- STS-91
- Flux
Etymology
- Optical ray
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Intrinsic mass Invariant mass
- Cathode rays Cathode ray
- Canal rays Anode ray
- Alpha rays Alpha particle
- Beta rays Beta particle
- Photons
- X-rays X-ray
- Photon energy
Composition
- HZE ions
- Antimatter
- Positrons Positron
- Antiprotons Antiproton
- Pions Pion
- Muons Muon
- Neutron
Energy
- Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
- Large Hadron Collider
- Megaelectronvolts Electronvolt
- Centrifugal mechanism of acceleration
- Joules Joule
- OMG particle Oh-My-God particle
- Kilometre-per-hour Kilometres per hour
- Mph Miles per hour
History
- Radioactivity Radioactive decay
- Henri Becquerel
- Atmospheric electricity
- Ionization
- Air Earth's atmosphere
- Radiation
- Radon
- Theodor Wulf
- Electrometer
- Eiffel Tower
- Physikalische Zeitschrift
- Domenico Pacini
- Free balloon Hot air balloon
- Kolhörster Werner Kolhörster
- Bruno Rossi
- Erich Regener
- Ernest Rutherford
- Robert Millikan
- Electrons Electron
- Compton scattering
- Java
- Jacob Clay
- Bothe Walther Bothe
- Nuclear emulsions Nuclear emulsion
- Geiger counters Geiger counter
- Pierre Auger Pierre Victor Auger
- Sergei Vernov
- Radiosondes Radiosonde
- Homi J. Bhabha
- Bhabha scattering
Solar modulation
Parker transport equation
- Eugene Parker
- Astrophysical plasmas Astrophysical plasma
- Diffusive shock acceleration Fermi acceleration
- Distribution function Distribution function (physics)
Sources
- Zwicky Fritz Zwicky
- Horace W. Babcock
- Crab Nebula
- Quasars Quasar
- Gamma-ray bursts Gamma-ray burst
- International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Radio galaxy
- Centaurus A
- Erg
- Very Large Telescope
- PAMELA Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics
- Pierre Auger Collaboration
- Anisotropy
Types
- Solar energetic particles
- Solar eruptions Solar particle event
- Hadrons Hadron
- Leptons Lepton
- Elemental abundance
- Lithium
- Beryllium
- Boron
- Helium
- Radiation dose
- Scandium
- Titanium
- Vanadium
- Manganese
- Ions Ion
- Interstellar matter Interstellar medium
- Atoms Atom
- Molecules Molecule
- X-rays
- Mesons Meson
- Kaons Kaon
- Cloud chambers Cloud chamber
- Bubble chambers Bubble chamber
- Water-Cherenkov High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment
- Scintillation Scintillation (physics)
- AU Astronomical unit
- Termination shock
- Heliopause Heliopause (astronomy)
- Latitude
- Longitude
Detection methods
- ISS
- Nuclear tracks Nuclear track
- P. Buford Price
- Robert M. Walker Robert M. Walker (physicist)
- Mm Millimetre
- Lexan
- Sodium hydroxide
- Nuclear fission
- Air Cherenkov telescope Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope
- Cherenkov radiation
- CMOS
- Smartphone
- App Mobile app
- Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory
Effects
- Unstable isotopes Radionuclide
- Radiocarbon dating
- Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- Electronic Electronics
- Integrated circuits Integrated circuit
- Electronic memory devices Random-access memory
- CPUs CPU
- Soft errors Soft error
- Satellites Satellite
- Transistors Transistor
- IBM
- Intel Corporation
- Microprocessors Microprocessor
- ECC memory
- Airbus A330
- Plunge hundreds of feet Qantas Flight 72
- Coherence Quantum decoherence
- Qubits Qubit
- Quantum computers Quantum computer
- Voyager 2
- Flipped bit Single-event upset
- Crewed mission to Mars Human mission to Mars
- RAD Radiation assessment detector
- Mars Science Laboratory
- Earth
- Mars
- Jet airliners Jet airliner
- Sea level
- Polar routes Polar route
- Geomagnetic poles Geomagnetic pole
Research and experiments
- Akeno Giant Air Shower Array
- Chicago Air Shower Array
- CHICOS
- CLOUD
- CRIPT Muon Tomography
- GAMMA
- GRAPES-3
- HEGRA
- High Energy Stereoscopic System
- High Resolution Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detector
- IceCube IceCube Neutrino Observatory
- KASCADE
- MAGIC MAGIC (telescope)
- MARIACHI
- Milagro Milagro (experiment)
- NMDB
- QuarkNet
- Spaceship Earth Spaceship Earth (detector)
- Telescope Array Project
- Tunka experiment
- VERITAS
- Washington Large Area Time Coincidence Array
- ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) Advanced Composition Explorer
- Cassini–Huygens
- Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Dark Matter Particle Explorer
- HEAO 1 1st High Energy Astronomy Observatory
- HEAO 2 Einstein Observatory
- HEAO 3 3rd High Energy Astronomy Observatory
- Interstellar Boundary Explorer
- Langton Ultimate Cosmic-Ray Intensity Detector LUCID
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Cosmic ray
Top relations
related to Energy distribution · 33
Cosmic ray → Agassiz Station, Alan Watson, Argentina, Auger Project, Big Bang, Chicago, Components, Currently, Fermi Observatory, From, Greisen, Harvard College Observatory, High-energy, James Cronin, Kuzmin, Leeds, Massachusetts Institute, Measurements, MeV, MIT
related to Sources · 18
Cosmic ray → Argentina, Baade, Babcock, Centaurus, Crab Nebula, Early, GeV, Horace, However, In, International Cosmic Ray Conference, Later, Pierre Auger Observatory, Sekido, Since, Subsequently, TeV, Zwicky
see also · 18
Cosmic ray → American, Cancer, Central, Cosmic-ray, Decrease, EarthExtragalactic, EeV, Health, High-energy, Jerome Perlow, My-God, Radioactivity, Space, SunTrack Imaging Cherenkov ExperimentUltra-high-energy, Type, UHECR, Ultra-high-energy, Unit
related to Postulated role in climate change · 17
Cosmic ray → According, Adrian Mellott, Danish, Despite Svensmark's, Dickinson, Earth, Earth's, Edward, Henrik Svensmark, It, Mikhail Medvedev, Ney, Ordovician, Other, Robert, Svensmark, The
related to Direct detection · 13
Cosmic ray → An, As, At, Buford Price, Direct, However, In, ISS, Lexan, Robert, Robert Fleischer, The, Walker
related to Primary cosmic rays · 13
Cosmic ray → Carbon, Cosmic, Due, Earth's, HZE, Milky Way, Primary, Solar System, Spallation, The, These, This, When
related to Significance to aerospace travel · 12
Cosmic ray → Cosmic, Earth, Galactic, In, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, May, NASA, On, RAD, Strategies, Voyager
related to Effect on electronics · 11
Cosmic ray → Airbus A330, Cosmic, CPUs, ECC, IBM, In, Intel Corporation, RAM, Studies, This, To
related to Energy · 11
Cosmic ray → As, At, Cosmic, GeV, Large Hadron Collider, MeV, Most, OMG, One, TeV, This
related to Role in ambient radiation · 11
Cosmic ray → Airline, Cosmic, Earth, Earth's, Figures, Fukushima Daiichi, However, Human-made, Japanese National Institute, Radiological Sciences, UNSCEAR
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Important terminology
cosmic rays particles ray radiation primary atmosphere flux energy nuclei space air secondary muons energies detection high particle earth ionization
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cathode rays | instance of | is consistent with known particles | 0.80 | text |
| canal rays | instance of | is consistent with known particles | 0.80 | text |
| alpha rays | instance of | is consistent with known particles | 0.80 | text |
| and beta rays | instance of | is consistent with known particles | 0.80 | text |
| carbon | instance of | are nuclei of heavier elements | 0.80 | text |
| iron | instance of | are nuclei of heavier elements | 0.80 | text |
| and lead.During a test of his equipment for measuring the east | instance of | are nuclei of heavier elements | 0.80 | text |
| positive or negative pions | instance of | All of the secondary particles produced by the collision continue onward on paths within about one degree of the primary particle's original path.Typical particles produced in s… | 0.80 | text |
| kaons | instance of | All of the secondary particles produced by the collision continue onward on paths within about one degree of the primary particle's original path.Typical particles produced in s… | 0.80 | text |
| physical or magnetic shielding for spacecraft have been considered in order to minimize the damage to electronics | instance of | Strategies | 0.80 | text |
| human beings caused by cosmic rays.On 31 May 2013 | instance of | Strategies | 0.80 | text |
| NASA scientists reported that a possible crewed mission to Mars may involve a greater radiation risk than previously believed | instance of | Strategies | 0.80 | text |
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Nodes284
Edges283
Triples259
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007042
Components1
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