1985
DOI: 10.1017/s1323358000026631
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A Medium Rigidity Muon Experiment for the South Pole Station

Abstract: A proposal for a medium rigidity muon telescope system to be installed at the U.S. South Pole Station for observations of time variations of cosmic ray intensity is at present being prepared by Professor Pomerantz, Director of the Bartol Research Foundation, University of Delaware and Drs Jacklyn and Duldig of the Cosmic Ray Section, Antarctic Division, Department of Science. A novel approach to medium energy cosmic ray observations viewing in equatorial to mid-latitude directions is described. The absorber de… Show more

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“…A second type of quasi-periodic transient was discovered in the cosmic ray records from the Mawson observatory in 1982 (Swinson et al 1993;Duldig et al 1985aDuldig et al , 1985bDuldig 1987;Jacklyn et al 1984aJacklyn et al , 1984b. Here intensity variations of isotropic nature and flat spectrum were found to correlate strongly with the neutral sheet structure near the Earth.…”
Section: (3c) Quasi-periodic Variationsmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…A second type of quasi-periodic transient was discovered in the cosmic ray records from the Mawson observatory in 1982 (Swinson et al 1993;Duldig et al 1985aDuldig et al , 1985bDuldig 1987;Jacklyn et al 1984aJacklyn et al , 1984b. Here intensity variations of isotropic nature and flat spectrum were found to correlate strongly with the neutral sheet structure near the Earth.…”
Section: (3c) Quasi-periodic Variationsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Global coverage is still necessary to interpret both transient variations and long-term anisotropics. Some examples of observatory design considerations can be found in Mori et al (1991), Duldig (1990) and Duldig et al (1985a).…”
Section: (2c) Muon Telescopesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The proximity to the magnetic pole allows low-energy cosmic rays to reach the ground (e.g. the neutron monitors at Mawson, Duldig et al 1985). The long Antarctic night can be utilised to search for the faint Cerenkov light produced by gamma-ray interactions in the atmosphere (the GASP experiment, Morse & Gaidus 1989).…”
Section: Particle Astronomymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By contrast the southern hemisphere, particularly viewing southward of 50° S, is only covered by observatories in Tasmania and at Mawson to mid-latitudes, and Mawson alone further south. This coverage is reasonable up to 200 GeV but only the Poatina observatory in Tasmania, viewing to mid-southern latitudes, measures up to the 500 GeV necessary to establish the upper limiting energy of solar modulation (Duldig et al 1985).…”
Section: Muon Telescope Systemsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such a system has been designed for the South Pole station (Duldig et al 1985) but could equally well be placed at higher elevations. The energy coverage would be designed to extend beyond the range presently observed at Mawson so as to complement that experiment.…”
Section: Muon Telescope Systemsmentioning
confidence: 99%