Spaceship Earth: Probing the Solar Wind with Cosmic Rays

地球号宇宙飞船：用宇宙射线探测太阳风

• 批准号: 0000315
• 负责人: John Bieber
• 金额: $ 273.91万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-15 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0000315&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Spaceship; Earth; Probing; Solar; Wind

ATM0000315absThe investigators will continue operation of a neutron monitor network comprising nine stationary monitors and two transportable ship-borne monitors. A neutron monitor is an instrument that measures the number of high energy particles impacting Earth from space. These particles, mostly protons and helium nuclei, are called cosmic rays. Data from the neutron monitors will be employed together with data from spacecraft and other ground-based instruments in a broad range of investigations of cosmic rays in relation to the sun and solar wind. Specific science objectives include the study of acceleration and transport of solar energetic particles, the scattering of cosmic rays in the solar wind, and the use of cosmic rya observations for space weather forecasting. The project includes education and public outreach through the development of a web site and scientific collaboration with the U. S. Air Force Academy and Russian scientists. The distribution of stations around the globe, particularly in the polar regions, are essential for determining the distribution of cosmic rays in space. The use of this network to study cosmic rays inspires the name of the project: Spaceship Earth.

调查人员将继续运行一个中子监测网，包括9个固定监测仪和2个可移动的船载监测仪。中子监测器是一种测量从太空撞击地球的高能粒子数量的仪器。这些粒子，主要是质子和氦核，被称为宇宙射线。中子监测器的数据将与航天器和其他地面仪器的数据一起用于对与太阳和太阳风有关的宇宙射线的广泛调查。具体的科学目标包括研究太阳高能粒子的加速和传输，太阳风中宇宙射线的散射，以及利用宇宙rya观测进行空间天气预报。该项目包括通过开发网站进行教育和公众宣传，并与美国空军学院和俄罗斯科学家进行科学合作。全球，特别是极地地区的台站分布对于确定宇宙射线在空间中的分布是至关重要的。利用这个网络研究宇宙射线启发了这个项目的名字：宇宙飞船地球。