Re:cosmic rays,solar flares,etc.

[JPreisig@AOL.COM]

Hi Radsafe people:


     From:  jpreisig@aol.com


     There seems to be a fair amount of interest in cosmic rays and solar

flares on this message board lately.  A good source of Health Physics 

information on cosmic rays is the book "Accelerator Health Physics" by

Patterson and Thomas.  There is some discussion on Hess' early cosmic

ray work, and 1/E neutron spectra.


      A Professional Society which addresses such subjects routinely

is the American Geophysical Union (they have a web page).  Membership

in AGU is only $20.00 (US) annually or so, and you receive subscriptions 

to EOS (a weekly newspaper) and Physics Today (all for the $20.00).


     The University of Delaware has a fairly active research interest in cosmic

rays, through the Bartol Research Institute.  I'm sure there are many other

such research groups.  Some universities seem to prefer doing cosmic 

radiation physics, as opposed to doing elementary particle physics at

US and other particle accelerators.  There are several solar observatories

in Southern California (San Fernando and one run currently by the New

Jersey Institute of Technology).  These are just ones I have some familiarity

with.


     AGU journals (various forms of JGR --- Journal of Geophysical Research)

may have many articles on cosmic rays and solar flares.  AGU also has

other journals.


     Anyway, enjoy all that reading matter.



                     Regards,                       J.R. Preisig, Ph.D.