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- Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory - Aims to observe the highest-energy cosmic rays.
- High Resolution Fly's Eye Experiment (HiRes) - Large air fluorescence cosmic ray detector.
- CHICOS - California HIgh school Cosmic ray ObServatory - An active research array for the detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. The events CHICOS is designed to observe are single subatomic particles slamming into the Earth's atmosphere with the energy of a brick falling from a rooftop. It is a collaboration of Los Angeles-area high schools, California Institute of Technology, California State University, Northridge, and University of California, Irvine.
- Homebrew Cosmic Ray Muon Detector - Schematics and diagrams for the Geiger-Mueller detectors and electronics. Information on cosmic rays, variations and other forms of detection such as scintillation.
- NASA's Cosmicopia - Contains an abundance of information about cosmic rays, the Earth's magnetosphere, the Sun, space weather, and other exciting topics in space science. Brought to you by the ACE mission and the cosmic ray group at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, this site is aimed at the general public and intended to be accessible to interested readers without a background in this area of science.
- ICRC 1995 - 24th International Cosmic Ray Conference in Rome, Italy, August 28 - September 8, 1995.
- Athens Neutron Monitor - Observing cosmic ray neutrons. Background information, explanation of worldwide monitor network, detector description, publications, links.
- ICRR - Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo.
- Star explosions: cosmic ray source? - [CNN]
- Pierre Auger Observatory - The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory studies the universe's highest energy particles, which shower down on Earth in the form of cosmic rays.
Wikipedia Articles
- Cosmic ray visual phenomena - Cosmic rays were first reported to cause visual perception of flashes of light during the Apollo program. Astronauts en route for the Moon were subject to cosmic ray bombardments, and it is believed that these rays produced Cherenkov radiation as they passed through the vitreous humor of the astronauts' ...
- Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray - In high-energy physics, an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) is a cosmic ray (subatomic particle) which appears to have extreme kinetic energy, far beyond both its rest mass and energies typical of other cosmic rays. These particles are significant because they have energy comparable to (and sometimes exceeding) the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit.
- Cosmic Ray Deflection Society - The Cosmic Ray Deflection Society is a satirical/environmental pseudoscientific organization, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. A worldwide membership of over 250 members, the group believes the "deadly cosmic rays" are getting in through the hole in the ozone layer.
- Cosmic ray spallation - Cosmic ray spallation is a form of naturally occurring nuclear fission and nucleosynthesis. It refers to the formation of elements from the impact of cosmic rays on an object.
- Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station - Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station National Historic Site, found atop Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park, commemorates Canada's participation in the International Geophysical Year, during 1957 to 1958. This site was important to studying cosmic rays, due to its higher elevation.