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The potential for astronomy in Antarctica

dc.contributor.author Burton, Michael en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T12:56:08Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T12:56:08Z
dc.date.issued 2005 en_US
dc.description.abstract The extremely dry, cold and tenuous air of the Antarctic plateau makes it the premier site on the earth for a wide range of astronomical observations, especially at infrared and millimetre wavelengths. Background sky emission is one to two order of magnitudes less in intensity and new windows in the atmosphere are opened for viewing through. The high geomagnetic latitudes also make it particularly suitable for measurement of cosmic ray fluxes, especially at low energy. The vast quantities of pure, transparent ice provide for unparalled conditions for the measurement of neutrino fluxes. This talk will overview the potential of Antarctica for a wide range of astronomical observations, conditions that surpass any other ground- based location in most circumstances. It will be an introductory lecture to the field, designed for the non-specialist in Antarctic astronomy. en_US
dc.description.uri http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/sps2/oral_pres_sps2.htm en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38593
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.title The potential for astronomy in Antarctica en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en
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unsw.relation.faculty Science
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceLocation Sydney, Australia en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceName IAU XXV en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Burton, Michael, Physics, Faculty of Science, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Physics *
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