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are highly energetic electron-deficient atoms (mainly protons) which impinge equally upon the Earth from all directions. The average cosmic ray has an energy of 7 GeV. Cosmic ray electrons exist but they are only one hundredth as abundant as the protons (Hillas. pp. 67-9). The sky "shines" as brightly with cosmic rays as it does with starlight (Watson). The most energetic cosmic rays have an energy at least 100 billion times the average. Such cosmic rays are very rare.
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| cosmic rays |
Penetrating high energy radiations (mostly gamma rays) emanating from outer space.
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| cosmic rays |
High-energy radiation that originates outside the Earth's atmosphere.
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| cosmic rays |
Not forms of energy, such as x-rays or gamma rays, but particles of matter
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| cosmic rays |
The nuclei of atoms which are stripped of all their electrons that move through space at speeds close to that of light.
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