A very odd Forbush Decrease in Galactic Cosmic Rays is observed by neutron monitors. An unusually sharp recovery is seen at the South Pole Neutron Monitors, which are funded by @NSF and are maintained and operated by faculty and students at @UWRiverFalls Physics and @UDphysics
The rare far-side of the Sun CME may have resulted in a decrease in neutron rates at the South Pole at other neutron monitors that @UWRiverFalls Physics works collaboratively on. @uwrf_sps
Today's far-sided halo CME has a speed (3000+ km/s) such that it was classified as extremely rare (ER), perhaps occurring only once or twice every few decades. The NASA simulation for the CME shows that the CME is so strong it induces a weak shockwave in all directions after the main injection of plasma. Whoa! Good thing it wasn't Earth-directed!!
The UWRF SPS chapter is celebrating #WomenInScienceDay by recognizing some of the fantastic members who are pursuing degrees in STEM. Photo descriptions in the tweets below. (1/5)
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Today we celebrate the contributions and achievements of women in science, including the incredible women in our collaboration.
#WomenInScience#IDWGS2023
Our chapter's president James Bowers has been at the South Pole with Dr. Surujhdeo Seunarine working on research regarding the Neutron Monitors since late January. He even got a chance to stop by the Geographic South Pole sign one day! (1/2)
Very excited about this new @uw_icecube, @NSF, result that appeared in @ScienceMagazine yesterday. @UWRiverFalls Physics Faculty and Students have a long history of continuous involvement in this amazing experiment with amazing collaborators. #IceCubeNGC1086.
📢 The #IceCubeNGC1068 results were published in @ScienceMagazine today! ✨
If you missed all the excitement yesterday, check out some links below:
Press release ➡️ https://t.co/0Ou9J0sUO7
Webinar ➡️ https://t.co/iRjvu8Nqol
Paper in Science ➡️ https://t.co/R6pf84ve70
I am Chloe Heifner, an undergraduate in Physics and Education at the @UWRiverFalls. This Summer I am doing a Monte Carlo study of neutron bursts from cosmic ray air-shower cores for the @NSF Project, The Simpson Neutron Monitor Network. #NSFstories, #ScienceHappensHere, #uwrf
I am Tylor Bowell, an undergrad in Physics at
@UWRiverFalls. I am excited to share my work this Summer: I am analyzing Ground Level Enhancements of Solar Energetic Particles for the @NSF Project, The Simpson Neutron Monitor Network #nsfstories , #uwrf
Feb. 11th is International Day of Women & Girls in Science! 👩🔬👩🏿🔬
Today we celebrate the brilliant contributions of women in science
Read about some of the fabulous women who work on multimessenger astronomy below⬇️
Many thanks to the Multimessenger Diversity Network #IDWGS
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Gretchen Hibbert, @UWRiverFalls /UWRF IceCube/Neutron Monitor Group undergrad, gives an #LGBTQSTEMDay themed presentation at today's SPS meeting. There was also pizza and a live SPASE muon detector module in action: @uw_icecube, @SPSNational
Deep under the ice of the South Pole, an observatory made of 1000s of sensors is hunting for ghostly particles forged by the high-energy universe.
Thx to @jmsantander and @cosmic_lulu for talking about @uw_icecube with me for @motherboard's Space Show!
https://t.co/KasDVsH7Uu