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Corrected sidereal anisotropy for underground moonsData from underground muon telescopes in New Mexico and Bolivia are analyzed in sidereal time and anti-sidereal time in the rigidity range 20 GV to a few 100's of GV. Using both vertical and north- and south- pointing telescopes in both hemispheres, a latitude range of 70 N to 50 S is covered. It is shown that there is an anti-sidereal variation of the P 1 over 2 type, having opposite phase in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and maximum amplitude at mid latitudes. The anti-sidereal data are used to correct the sidereal data, using the Nagashima method (Nagashima, 1984); the resulting corrected sidereal vectors for northern hemisphere telescopes have their sidereal maxima close to 3h sidereal time, in reasonable agreement with sidereal data at higher energies from small air showers. The Nagashima correction also eliminates effects due to the reversal of the Sun's polar magnetic field which show up in the uncorrected sidereal data.
Document ID
19850026692
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Swinson, D. B.
(New Mexico Univ. Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Nagashima, K.
(Nagoya Univ.)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf - Vol. 5
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Report/Patent Number
SH-4.4-7
Accession Number
85N35005
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-83-05098
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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