Cosmic Rays I / Kosmische Strahlung I: Handbuch der Physik Encyclopedia of Physics, cartea 9 / 46 / 1

The Origin of Cosmic Rays.- A. Summary of the properties of cosmic rays.- B. Structure of the model.- C. Propagation of the cosmic ray beam in space.- D. The diffusion of the cosmic-ray particles.- E. The astronomical setting for cosmic rays.- F. Synthesis of a model.- General references.- Theory of the Geomagnetic Effects of Cosmic Radiation.- References.- Experimental Results of Flights in the Stratosphere.- I. Intensities of cosmic radiation in the atmosphere.- II. Particle interactions in the atmosphere.- III. The intensities of the components.- Summary and conclusion.- General references.- Penetrating Showers.- I. Introduction.- II. Attenuation and interaction mean free path of the shower particles.- III. Meson production in penetrating showers.- IV. Discussion and interpretation.- V. Summary.- Extensive Air Showers.- A. A qualitative description.- B. The electro-magnetic cascade.- C. The meson-nucleon cascade.- D. Selected topics.- The Hard Component of ?-Mesons in the Atmosphere.- A. Introduction.- B. Properties of the ?-meson component in the vertical direction.- C. Comparison with ?-meson production models.- D. The properties of the ?-meson component in inclined directions.- E. Meteorological effects on the ?-meson component.- Sachverzeichnis (Deutsch-Englisch).- Subject Index (English-German).