Antarctic Cosmic Ray Astronomy
Abstract Cosmic ray observations related to Antarctica commenced in the austral summer of 1947-48 from sub-Antarctic Heard and Macquarie Islands and from the HMAS Wyatt Earp. Muon telescope observations from Mawson station, Antarctica, followed from 1955. The International Geophysical Year was the i...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1539299600017718 2023-05-15T14:09:15+02:00 Antarctic Cosmic Ray Astronomy Duldig, Marc 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600017718 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1539299600017718 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Highlights of Astronomy volume 13, page 947-948 ISSN 1539-2996 General Medicine journal-article 2005 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600017718 2022-04-07T08:05:56Z Abstract Cosmic ray observations related to Antarctica commenced in the austral summer of 1947-48 from sub-Antarctic Heard and Macquarie Islands and from the HMAS Wyatt Earp. Muon telescope observations from Mawson station, Antarctica, followed from 1955. The International Geophysical Year was the impetus for the installation of a number of neutron monitors around Antarctica, observing the lowest energy cosmic rays accessible by ground based instruments. In 1971 a new observatory was built at Mawson including the only underground muon telescope system at polar latitudes in either hemisphere. Over more than half a century, cosmic ray astronomy has been undertaken from Antarctica and its surrounding regions and these observations have been critical to our growing understanding of the heliosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Antarctic Austral Mawson Station ENVELOPE(62.874,62.874,-67.603,-67.603) Wyatt ENVELOPE(-67.686,-67.686,-67.338,-67.338) Wyatt Earp ENVELOPE(-86.417,-86.417,-77.567,-77.567) Highlights of Astronomy 13 947 948 |
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Abstract Cosmic ray observations related to Antarctica commenced in the austral summer of 1947-48 from sub-Antarctic Heard and Macquarie Islands and from the HMAS Wyatt Earp. Muon telescope observations from Mawson station, Antarctica, followed from 1955. The International Geophysical Year was the impetus for the installation of a number of neutron monitors around Antarctica, observing the lowest energy cosmic rays accessible by ground based instruments. In 1971 a new observatory was built at Mawson including the only underground muon telescope system at polar latitudes in either hemisphere. Over more than half a century, cosmic ray astronomy has been undertaken from Antarctica and its surrounding regions and these observations have been critical to our growing understanding of the heliosphere. |
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Antarctic Cosmic Ray Astronomy |
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Antarctic Cosmic Ray Astronomy |
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Antarctic Cosmic Ray Astronomy |
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