Cosmic Radiation

2022 Course Programme

Instructors

Christos Eleftheriadis
  • The discovery of cosmic rays.
  • The influence of Earth’s magnetic field and of the Solar Wind on cosmic rays.
  • The energy spectrum and the composition of primary cosmic rays.
  • Interaction of energetic particles with matter. Cherenkov radiation.
  • Secondary cosmic rays.
  • Extensive Atmospheric Air Showers.
  • Cosmic ray propagation in the Galaxy. Cosmic clocks.
  • The origin and acceleration of cosmic rays.
  • Ultra high energies and the GZK cut off.
  • Gamma Ray Bursts.
  • Dark matter and the experimental methods for its discovery.