Solar and Heliospheric Studies with Antarctic Cosmic Ray Observations

摘要：本项目利用中子监测仪测量低能宇宙射线到达大气层顶部的通量，以增加对太阳宇宙射线加速和输运的认识；确定瞬态宇宙射线变化的机制；确定太阳变化的原因；描述太阳风湍流的性质；并从渗透太阳系的等离子体中获得大尺度结构的信息。这项研究将使用南极、麦克默多和每年来到麦克默多的美国海岸警卫队破冰船上的探测器。这艘船可以对宇宙射线通量进行纬度调查。* * *

Abstract 9528122 Bieber This project uses neutron monitors to measure the flux of low energy cosmic rays arriving at the top of the atmosphere to: Increase the understanding of the acceleration and transport of solar cosmic rays; to identify the mechanisms underlying transient cosmic ray variations; to determine the causes of solar variations; to describe the nature of turbulence in the solar wind; and to derive information on large-scale structure in the plasma which permeates the solar system. This research will be using detectors at South Pole, McMurdo and on the USCG icebreaker which comes to McMurdo each year. The ship allows a latitudinal survey of cosmic ray fluxes. ***