What is SHARE?

What is SHARE?

SHARE is Southern Hemisphere Air-shower Research and Exploration.

It is a program to bring small air-shower detection and research into the southern hemisphere using the technology and methods of the MARIACHI program. While The Pierre Auger Project is a large air-shower expermiment located in Argentina, there is no extensive network of small arrays such as NALTA in the northern hemisphere. The benefits of such an array south of the equator working together with a northern hemisphere project like MARIACHI are:

to extend the viewing of cosmic ray air showers to the southern sky
to enable a search for exotic particles which pass through the earth
to extend the research and education benefits of collaborative air-shower studies to developing nations
to stimulate the growth of the IT and grid technology in the southern hemisphere
to stimulate collaboration between educators and scientists across the equator

In addition, in some areas, such as southern Africa, lightning is an important issue. Lighting may be related to cosmic ray air-showers; research in this area is something SHARE can do using MARIACHI technology.

To learn more about SHARE, contact Ken Cecire at ken.cecire@hamptonu.edu or view this presentation.

This work is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation, the Center for the study of the Origin and Structure of Matter, and Hampton University.

Please address queries to the Project Contact, K. Cecire. Last updated September 2005.

This work is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation, the Center for the study of the Origin and Structure of Matter, and Hampton University. Please address queries to the Project Contact, K. Cecire. Last updated September 2005.

This work is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation, the Center for the study of the Origin and Structure of Matter, and Hampton University.

Please address queries to the Project Contact, K. Cecire. Last updated September 2005.