Published January 2009 | Version v1
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The cosmic messengers

Creators

  • 1. Paris-7 Denis Diderot Univ., Lab. Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), 75 (France)
  • 2. Paris-6 Univ., Lab. de Physique Nucleaire et de Hautes Energies, 75 (France)
  • 3. Paris-11 Univ., 91 - Orsay (France). Inst. de Physique Nucleaire
  • 4. CEA Saclay, IRFU, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 5. Ecole Polytechnique, CRNS/IN2P3, Lab. Leprince-Ringuet, 91 - Palaiseau (France)
  • 6. Observatoire de Paris, CRNS/INSU, Lab. Univers et Theories, 92 - Meudon (France)
  • 7. Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Physique Theorique, 75 (France)
  • 8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 75 - Paris (France)

Description

This series of brief articles, that are popular works, presents the issue of cosmic radiations: their origin and their detection on earth. The Pierre-Auger Observatory that detects atmospheric showers and the Antares detector that is the first underwater neutrino detector are described. Another article deals with the issue of dark matter and its detection. The last article deals with cosmology. (A.C.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Les messagers cosmiques

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pour la Science
Journal Issue
no.62
Journal Page Range
p. 43-78
ISSN
0153-4092
CODEN
PSCEDC

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
41047033
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; COSMOLOGY; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NONLUMINOUS MATTER
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATTER; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS

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