cosmic rays

Here's the wikipedia article on Cosmic Rays:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray

They are not related to the pyramids.

Cosmic rays: very active particles that enters the atmosphere from outer space...

In which way cosmic rays could be related with pyramids???

Most of known universe mass is in form of stars which are just huge fusion nuclear reactors confined gravitationally. As a result of these nuclear reactions huge quantities of radiation is produced, and obviously radiated far away from its origin.

This radiation emitted by all this stars is what we call cosmic radiation.

The intensity of radiation, fortunately for us, decreases inversely proportional to square of distance, so as the distances of stars, sun included, are long the amount of radiation we get is low. Otherwise the life in this planet wouldn't have evolutioned or do it in a different way. If nowadays there were a high increase of cosmic radiation dose, let's say thousands times, just cockroaches will survive.

Regarding pyramids, its relationship with cosmic rays is the same my left hand has with the depth of oceans.

Please, be a bit critic with what you read, don't believe anything written in a paperback (Atlantis Code, DaVinci Code, and many other codes that invade our bookshelves)

I must agree in general what all you say, but one thing: cosmic rays are very very very fast particles, ions or atoms.

I never hear that Gamma rays were "particles". Of course aren't ions nor atoms.

And regarding biological effects, gamma radiation is the major contributor even other particles have a multiplying factor up to 20 in order to estimate the equivalent absorbed dose. But this particles even those with higher energies (with the exception of non charged ones, as neutrons or neutrinos) have a much lower penetration than gamma rays.

I know usually particles are considered as "radiation" too, but we receive also a lot of all electromagnetic spectrum radiations and if we let them out of the "cosmic ray" definiton, how can we call them "cosmic particles?"

Hi Kwetz,

wiki tells (and other sources too):

"Cosmic rays are energetic particles originating from space that impinge on Earth's atmosphere. Almost 90% of all the incoming cosmic ray particles are protons, about 9% are helium nuclei (alpha particles) and about 1% are electrons (beta minus particles). The term "ray" is a misnomer, as cosmic particles arrive individually, not in the form of a ray or beam of particles.

I agree that there is considerable hard gamma radiation, but I have no idea how energetic this may be or if we are near sure to have found most of these. There was a recent (lat year?) article in SciAm on gamma-ray astronomy.

RHABE

Hi, RHABE:

Yes, I knew the wiki and many other sources definition, I was just pointing the absurd misnomer .

If they would have included the electromagnetic radiation I would feel more comfortable with that definition, but I find a bit strange to hear the words "rays" or "radiation" including just particles.

Think also that not all the gamma radiation that hits the earth surface comes from outer space, all particles entering and passing through atmosphere can interact with it, resulting in more gamma radiation.

Best regards

The thickness of the stone used in the construction of the pyramids causes a deflection of the path of cosmic rays that focus them in the same way a prism redirects light. All of the cosmic rays then converge on the centrally located crypt. This has the effect of exciting sub-atomic mass in a way that most scientist today cannot understand. I personally believe that if the mummies had not been removed from their tombs back in the nineteen twenties, by now they would have re-awoken and taken over the world!

Sorry guys. . . I couldn't help it.

-A-

Silly question:

But, you know I beat my drum this AM and the sun came up!!!!! ALL BOW DOWN TO MY POWER. Now that is the relationship between cosmic background radiation and some rather interesting stone structures in Egypt.