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The Berkeley Lab Cosmic Ray Detector. Howard Matis – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. What are Cosmic Rays?. Charged particles from the cosmos (star dust) Protons, alpha-particles, heavier nuclei Energies can go up to 10 20 eV (energy of 50 mph baseball) At 10 10 eV - 1000 per m 2 /s - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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