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air shower

shower of particles from a high energy cosmic ray hitting Earth's atmosphere
Class type of: electromagnetic shower Q1316958

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
astrophysical process
Subclass of
electromagnetic shower[3]
Discoverer or inventor
Bruno Rossi[2]
Has immediate cause
cosmic radiation[5]
Time of discovery or invention
1934[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en cosmic ray shower en extensive air shower en air shower ar دش الهواء de ausgedehnte Luftschauer de Luftschauer es cascada atmosferica extensa es cascada atmosférica extensa fa دوش هوا (فیزیک) fr gerbe atmosphérique fr gerbes atmosphériques ja 大気シャワー ja エアシャワー ja 広域空気シャワー ja 空気シャワー ko 공기샤워 ko 공기 샤워 pl wielki pęk atmosferyczny pt Chuveiro atmosférico (física) ru ШАЛ
🔖 Identifiers · 7
GND ID
4323139-1
OpenAlex ID
C151456734
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Protonshower.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/extensive-air-shower
Freebase ID
/m/053mhh
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
151456734
Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID
327

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Discoverer or inventor 1
Bruno Rossi
Examples 1
Oh-My-God particle
Has immediate cause 1
cosmic radiation
← Different from 1
air shower
← Model item 1
particle shower
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Summary

air shower is an astrophysical process[1].

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Bruno Rossi
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'ja', 'ko', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'uk', 'zh']
    GND ID → 4323139-1
    Subclass of → —
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