11-14-2021, 06:51 PM
(11-13-2021, 03:10 PM)TomK Wrote: Thanks, HOTPE, that's very interesting. "Cosmic rays" is a bit of a misnomer as muons are actually formed in the Earth's atmosphere after a real (or primary) cosmic ray hits an atom's nucleus in our atmosphere and you end up with a muon shower; basically a very high energy particle created in a supernova or similar energetic event causes a shower of lower-energy muons once it enters our atmosphere. These are a bane for astronomy because the muons are seen by optical and infrared detectors such as those on Mauna Kea. Fortunately, they are random so you can remove their effect after the event but they do add a lot of noise, especially with optical CCDs. It's nice to see that what's a problem for astronomers might actually be useful for geologists.
TomK... There you go again, obsfucating reality and trying to inflate your ego at the expense of others. I'm begining to think you've taken it up as a new sport.
Cosmic ray is not a reference to what a muon is, it's a reference to the potential that created it.
Hydro is not a misnomer in hydroelectric.
Laser generated muons shouldn't be confused with cosmic ray generated muons.
Muons are muons and electricity is electricity but that doesn't make an accompanied source citation a bit of misnomer, not unless you're unaware that generation sources are commonly linked to a product.