Open AccessSouth Pole detectors will predict solar proton events
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53404_15.x
Subject(s) - proton , physics , astronomy , detector , astrophysics , nuclear physics , optics
Energetic particles from the Sun are a known hazard to astronauts and passengers and crew of high‐altitude aircraft on polar flightpaths. Now researchers plan to predict such events using neutron detectors at Earth's South Pole.