Abstract As many great discoveries, the phenomenon of cosmic rays was discovered mainly accidentally, during investigations that sought to answer another question: what are sources of air ionization? This problem became interesting for science about 230years ago in the end of the 18th century, when physics met with a problem of leakage of electrical charge from very good isolated bodies. We describe the history how step by step cosmic rays was discovered and why this phenomenon received misnomer, how in cosmic rays was discovered the first antiparticle – positron. These discoveries were recognized among greatest in the 20th Century and were awarded by Nobel Prize.
How cosmic rays were discovered and why they received this misnomer
Advances in Space Research ; 53 , 10 ; 1388-1404
2013-01-01
17 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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