cosmic rays Comparison Table

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cosmic rays comparison table

Subject has desintegration energy is a kind of has synonym has decay product has definition has charge has lifetime has energy has composition is accelerated by

charged particle particle A particle with non-zero charge non-zero electric or magnetic fields

radioactive particle the total energy produced when the particle decays particle the products produced immediately after decay A particle which can produce harmful radioactivity directly through its decay or by interacting with other particles. The average time in which a particle decays

cosmic rays the total energy produced when the particle decays charged particle corpuscular radiation the products produced immediately after decay High-energy charged particles which stream at relativistic velocities down to Earth from space. The Sun ejects low-energy (10⁷ - 10¹⁰ eV) cosmic rays during solar flares (those of lower energy than this are unobservable from Earth because of solar system magnetic fields). Those of intermediate energy (10¹⁰ - 10¹⁶ eV) have an isotropic distribution, and are apparently produced in the Galaxy. Possible sources of acceleration are shock waves accompanying supernovae (although cosmic rays have a higher hydrogen content than would be expected from a star that has processed material to iron), and the rotating magnetic fields of pulsars. The light elements Li, Be, and B have a higher abundance ratio in cosmic rays than in the solar system. non-zero The average time in which a particle decays 2 GeV (average) 85% protons, 14% alpha-particles, 1% electrons, << 1% heavy nuclei electric or magnetic fields

Subject	has desintegration energy	is a kind of	has synonym	has decay product	has definition	has charge	has lifetime	has energy	has composition	is accelerated by
charged particle		particle			A particle with non-zero charge	non-zero				electric or magnetic fields
radioactive particle	the total energy produced when the particle decays	particle		the products produced immediately after decay	A particle which can produce harmful radioactivity directly through its decay or by interacting with other particles.		The average time in which a particle decays
cosmic rays	the total energy produced when the particle decays	charged particle	corpuscular radiation	the products produced immediately after decay	High-energy charged particles which stream at relativistic velocities down to Earth from space. The Sun ejects low-energy (10⁷ - 10¹⁰ eV) cosmic rays during solar flares (those of lower energy than this are unobservable from Earth because of solar system magnetic fields). Those of intermediate energy (10¹⁰ - 10¹⁶ eV) have an isotropic distribution, and are apparently produced in the Galaxy. Possible sources of acceleration are shock waves accompanying supernovae (although cosmic rays have a higher hydrogen content than would be expected from a star that has processed material to iron), and the rotating magnetic fields of pulsars. The light elements Li, Be, and B have a higher abundance ratio in cosmic rays than in the solar system.	non-zero	The average time in which a particle decays	2 GeV (average)	85% protons, 14% alpha-particles, 1% electrons, << 1% heavy nuclei	electric or magnetic fields

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