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A Study Of The Sidereal Diurnal Variations Of Cosmic Rays Underground., Albert Brunsting
A Study Of The Sidereal Diurnal Variations Of Cosmic Rays Underground., Albert Brunsting
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The sidereal diurnal variation of cosmic rays has been measured using underground (40 m.w.e.) meson telescopes located near Albuquerque, New Mexico (35.20°N, 106.41°w) and at Chacaltaya, Bolivia (16.31°s, 68.15°w). Each ofthe two locations has telescopes which scan the vertical and four inclined directions.
Two and three complete years were used for the telescopes at the Bolivia and New Mexico locations respectively. The average solar diurnal variations were calculated for each telescope for each month. Based on these monthly averages, the sidereal diurnal variations were computed. A correction was made in the analysis for any yearly modulation of the solar diunal …
A Shock Tube Study Of Recombination In The Lean Hydrogen-Oxygen Reaction Based On The Infrared Emission From Water Vapor, Larry S. Blair
A Shock Tube Study Of Recombination In The Lean Hydrogen-Oxygen Reaction Based On The Infrared Emission From Water Vapor, Larry S. Blair
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ABSTRACT
Recombination in the hydrogen-oxygen reaction has been studied by monitoring the growth of infrared emission at 2.7 microns from water vapor as it is formed behind incident shock waves. Experiments were carried out in gas mixtures with hydrogen-to-oxygen ratios between 1.0 and 0.33 and temperatures between 1435° and 1868°K. Reactants were diluted with 92-98% argon. The validity of the transparent gas approximation (emission intensity proportional to (H20]) and the relationship between emission intensity and temperature were established by calibration experiments in which mixtures of water vapor and argon were shock-heated to temperatures between 1328° and 1982°K. Analysis of H20-emission …
Meteorological Effects On Cosmic Rays At Albuquerque, New Mexico., David Nason Glidden
Meteorological Effects On Cosmic Rays At Albuquerque, New Mexico., David Nason Glidden
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Ground-based observations of cosmic-ray intensity have the disadvantage of being more sensitive to variations of atmospheric temperature and pressure than to the more interesting variations in the primary cosmic radiation. It is, therefore, imperative to correct the recorded cosmic-ray intensity for variations of atmospheric origin before studies can be made of the smaller variations of the primary cosmic ray intensity.
In this thesis an attempt has been made to remove the variations of atmospheric origin from the cosmic-ray intensity recorded simultaneously by a neutron monitor and a meson telescope located at Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was found that the neutron …