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Re: cosmic rays
How does the fact that the cosmic rays go all the way through the body factor into
this?
BERNARD L COHEN wrote:
> All natural radiation strikes an average person's body about
> 15,000 times per second. Cosmic rays account for less than 1/4 of this, or
> about 3500 times per second.
>
> Bernard L. Cohen
> Physics Dept.
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> Tel: (412)624-9245
> Fax: (412)624-9163
> e-mail: blc@pitt.edu
>
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Peter Sandgren wrote:
>
> > Dear Radsafers,
> > I heard on the radio (NPR, I believe, ) some time ago that the human body
> > is hit by cosmic rays approx. 10,000 times each second. And that cosmic
> > radiation in the form of subatomic particles impacts the earth at the rate
> > of 1 / sq cm / second.
> > Can anyone tell me if these numbers are reasonably correct, or at least in
> > the ballpark? Thanks.
> >
> > Peter Sandgren
> > Training Division
> > GIS Operations
> > Connecticut Office of Emergency Management
> >
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