Because of shielding of the atmosphere and Earth's magnetic field, cosmic rays have very little effect upon us, the average person receiving less than half a millisievert, although some sources report up to 2.5 mSv annually. The recommended maximum is about 1000; which is more likely to be encountered only by an astronaut on an extended mission. Negative effects on human tissue include DNA damage, cancer-like effects, or a kind of cataract, brain and neurological effects, and possibly acceleration of Alzheimer's. Some astronauts in the Apollo program reported seeing light flashes, which may have been related to cosmic ray collision with the retina, optic nerve, or visual cortex in the brain, but no permanent damage was expected to result.
Cosmic Quantum Ray ended on 2010-12-09.
No, you cannot stop a cosmic ray shower. You can block cosmic rays using various materials, but you cannot prevent them from entering Earth's atmosphere.
Not unlike wind, the human eye can't see cosmic rays directly, but their effects can be made quite visible, using various techniques. In cloud or bubble chambers, the cosmic ray collides with sufficient energy to leave a visible trail, albeit somewhat briefly, but the path of the cosmic ray becomes easily apparent. In spark chambers a technique using charged plates can cause sparks to jump between plates when the path of a cosmic ray creates an ionization channel along its path. Other techniques involve materials which will generate light when a cosmic ray strikes its surface, which can trigger electronics to amplify or make audible. The word 'quantum' may be somewhat redundant in this context; remembering that a cosmic ray is actually made of of particles, be they protons or atomic nuclei traveling at high speed - they are really matter and not electromagnetic radiation as the name might suggest. Since matter does exist in discrete physical units or quanta, loosely one might say that all matter is quantized.
Not really. It's possible that a given stroke of lightning might be precipitated by a cosmic ray, but that's certainly not the only factor, and probably not an important factor.
infrared, ROY G BIV, ultraviolet, xray, gamma ray, cosmic ray That's the order they fall in when you sort them by frequency or wavelength.
That is a very good question. Nobody thought on this probably. Cosmic rays are in the form of microwaves. They give heat to you. They are not harmful to you. They heat up the atmosphere to very little degree. As such their usefulness can be questioned. Cosmic rays are great curiosity in astrophysics.
Lots of things go right through us. X ray's, Cosmic.
Cosmic Ray - film - was created in 1962.
Cosmic Quantum Ray was created on 2010-10-10.
Cosmic Quantum Ray ended on 2010-12-09.
No, you cannot stop a cosmic ray shower. You can block cosmic rays using various materials, but you cannot prevent them from entering Earth's atmosphere.
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research.
Cosmic ray: A ray of radiation of extraterrestrial origin, consisting of one or more charged particles such as protons, alpha particles, and larger atomic nuclei. Cosmic rays entering the atmosphere collide with atoms, producing secondary radiation, such as pions, muons, electrons, and gamma rays. Cosmic rays (and secondary radiation) can be easily seen in a cloud chamber.(American Heritage Dictionary, 2005)
Not unlike wind, the human eye can't see cosmic rays directly, but their effects can be made quite visible, using various techniques. In cloud or bubble chambers, the cosmic ray collides with sufficient energy to leave a visible trail, albeit somewhat briefly, but the path of the cosmic ray becomes easily apparent. In spark chambers a technique using charged plates can cause sparks to jump between plates when the path of a cosmic ray creates an ionization channel along its path. Other techniques involve materials which will generate light when a cosmic ray strikes its surface, which can trigger electronics to amplify or make audible. The word 'quantum' may be somewhat redundant in this context; remembering that a cosmic ray is actually made of of particles, be they protons or atomic nuclei traveling at high speed - they are really matter and not electromagnetic radiation as the name might suggest. Since matter does exist in discrete physical units or quanta, loosely one might say that all matter is quantized.
cosmic rays
Cosmic rays have shorter wavelength than gamma rays
cosmic , x-ray and gamma