Origins of cosmic rays

OCT 01, 1971

Each new means of detection shows cosmic rays to be more complex than we had thought, so that more and more bravery is demanded of astrophysicists who propose sources for these rays.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3022382

Ramanath Cowsik

P. Buford Price

Laymen are probably more aware of the spectacular recent discoveries in astrophysics than in any other science. Newspapers and magazines have conditioned their readers to accept the reality of quasars, pulsars, black holes, gravitational waves, 2.7‐K blackbody radiation, interstellar molecules, solar wind and ancient moon rocks, to name only a few currently fashionable topics.

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More about the Authors

Ramanath Cowsik. University of California, Berkeley.

P. Buford Price. University of California, Berkeley.