"Cosmic Rays" ed. by Zbigniew Piotr Szadkowski

This volume is dedicated to different astrophysical model scenarios to describe cosmic rays evolution.

Measurements in present experiments have dramatically advanced our understanding of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. The suppression of the flux at the highest energies is now confirmed without any doubt, and strong limits have been placed on the photon and neutrino components. There are indications for a small, large-scale anisotropy both below and above the energy of the angle and for a correlation on smaller angular scales at E > 5.5*1019 eV. Around 3*1018 eV, there is a distinct change of slope with energy, and the shower-to-shower variance decreases. Interpreted with the leading LHC-tuned shower models, this implies a gradual shift to a heavier composition, and a number of fundamentally different astrophysical model scenarios have been developed to describe this evolution.

Contents
1. Introductory Chapter: Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic Rays
2. Gamma Ray Bursts: Progenitors, Accretion in the Central Engine, Jet Acceleration Mechanisms
3. Cosmic Ray Muons as Penetrating Probes to Explore the World around Us
4. Galactic Cosmic Rays from 1 MeV to 1 GeV as Measured by Voyager beyond the Heliopause
5. Galactic Cosmic Rays and Low Clouds: Possible Reasons for Correlation Reversal
6. Cosmic Ray Cradles in the Galaxy
7. Exploration of Solar Cosmic Ray Sources by Means of Particle Energy Spectra


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