Spaceship Earth: Probing the Solar Wind with Cosmic Rays

ATM0000315调查人员将继续运行一个中子监测网络，该网络包括9个固定式监测仪和2个移动式舰载监测仪。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，主要是质子和氦原子核，被称为宇宙射线。来自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与太阳和太阳风有关的宇宙射线的广泛调查中。具体的科学目标包括研究太阳高能粒子的加速和运输、宇宙射线在太阳风中的散射，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一个网站以及与美国空军学院和俄罗斯科学家的科学合作进行教育和公众宣传。全球各地，特别是极地地区的空间站的分布，对于确定宇宙射线在太空中的分布是至关重要的。利用这个网络来研究宇宙射线，启发了这个项目的名字：宇宙飞船地球。

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.