Grant: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Primary Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Amount
$600,357.00
Award Date
6/17/2009
Administering Agency
CDFA Number
47.082
CDFA Program Title
Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support
Description
Interstellar and intergalactic gas is pervaded by relativistic charged particles known as cosmic rays, which account for a significant fraction of the energy density in the gas. A fluid theory of cosmic rays has been developed in which collisions with tin