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The origin of cosmic rays (past, present, future)


Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

The first part of the article is a lecture prepared for the 15th International Conference on Cosmic Rays (Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 1977). In addition to historical aspects a number of questions are discussed in the lecture concerning the present state of the problem of the origin of cosmic rays. Among them are the following: proof of the existence of a cosmic ray halo and a radio halo of our Galaxy and a discussion of the relation between the homogeneous galactic model and the halo model as applied to radioactive nuclei (specifically, to $^{10}$Be nuclei). The Appendices present some information on the work of the 15th International Conference on Cosmic Rays and also a number of remarks complementing the lecture in the light of new data, etc.

PACS: 94.40.Cn
DOI: 10.1070/PU1978v021n02ABEH005520
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1978/2/d/
Citation: Ginzburg V L "The origin of cosmic rays (past, present, future)" Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 155–170 (1978)
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Оригинал: Гинзбург В Л «Происхождение космических лучей (прошлое, настоящее, будущее)» УФН 124 307–331 (1978); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0124.197802d.0307

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