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100 years of cosmic rays - an Australian perspective: Part 2, Tasmania
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Humble, J and Duldig, M, 100 years of cosmic rays - an Australian perspective: Part 2, Tasmania, Australian Physics, Australian Institute of Physics, Australia, 50, 6, pp. 195-199. (2013) [Magazine Article]
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Abstract
Part 1 of this paper covered cosmic ray research in Australia up to the 1940s. After World War 2 ended research in the field resumed at the University of Melbourne, under the leadership of Professor L Martin and Dr H Rathgeber, and at the University of Tasmania under Professor A L (Lester) McAulay and Dr A G (Geoff) Fenton. Both groups studied what became known as cosmic ray modulation. Their initially separate aims coalesced into a program based in Hobart which mainly sought to study modulation in the heliosphere. Later, other long-running cosmic ray programs were established at the Universities of Sydney and Adelaide.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Magazine Article |
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| Keywords: | cosmic rays, history, Australian perspective |
| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | High energy astrophysics and galactic cosmic rays |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Humble, J (Dr John Humble) |
| UTAS Author: | Duldig, M (Dr Marc Duldig) |
| ID Code: | 111983 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | Mathematics and Physics |
| Deposited On: | 2016-10-18 |
| Last Modified: | 2016-10-24 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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