1. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG1 Muon Spaceweather Telescope for Anisotropies Greifswald - MuSTAnG -

2. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG2 International Cooperation With financial support by ESA

3. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG3 Co-Authors A. Mengel, U Greifswald, Germany F. Jansen, 1A Greifswald, Germany G. Bartling, 1A Greifswald, Germany W. Göhler, HTS Coswig, Germany K. Munakata, Shinshu University, Japan S. Yasue, Shinshu University, Japan C. Kato, Shinshu University, Japan M. Duldig, AAD Hobart, Australia E. Flückiger, U Bern, Switzerland G. Kolbe, AUS Stralsund, Germany K. Kudela, IEP-SAS, Slovakia

4. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG4 Greifswald Home town of Caspar David Friedrich Marktplatz

5. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG5 Physics in Greifswald 2006

6. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG6 Wendelstein-7-X Greifswald Large Stellarator for Fusion Research

7. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG7 Spaceweather Storms Coronal mass ejections (CME) provide hazards to the earth environment, in particular to satellites, and to power lines on ground. Reliable spaceweather forecast required.

8. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG8 Precursor Storm Signals

9. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG9 Muon Spaceweather Telescope for Anisotropies at Greifswald Multi-directional muon telescope for spaceweather forecasting Stage 1: 2 × 16 = 32 detectors of 0.25 m 2 size each Stage 2: Extensions to up to 2 × 36 = 72 detectors foreseen

10. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG10 MuSTAnG: phase 1 (4m 2 ) Upper detector layer Lead layer Lower detector layer

11. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG11 Viewing directions Viewing directions are defined by the passage of a single muon through one upper and one lower detector. upper layer lower layer

12. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG12 MuSTAnG: phase 1 (4m 2 )

13. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG13 Asymptotic viewing directions Location: Greifswald 13 (of 49) Viewing directions: V, N, E, S, W Detector size: 0.25 m 2 Rigidity spectrum: 50-150 GV

14. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG14 Detector element (4 × 0.25 = 1 m 2 ) Detector box: 4 scintillator plates each with 17 wavelength-shifting fibres connected to P30A photomultiplier modules

15. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG15 Scintillator/WLS fibre/PMT

16. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG16 P30A module

17. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG17 MuSTAnG Detector boxes

18. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG18 Scintillator

19. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG19 Scintillator plates with wavelength-shifting fibres

20. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG20 Detected muons (single)

21. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG21 Detected muons (coincident) Upper detector-lower detector coincidences (0.0625 m 2 ) T: 3600 s P: 25698 B: 182 S: (7.088±0.045)/s 0.63 %

22. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG22 Measured statistical accuracy 0°: 23000/h x 16 = 0.16 % 30°: 14000/h x 12 = 0.24 %

23. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG23 Accuracy Requirement: counts/hour/direction: 1% or better 

24. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG24 Integration of MuSTAnG into existing muon telscope network MuSTAnG will be part of an international muon telescope network: Nagoya (Japan) Hobart (Australia) Sao Martinho (Brazil) Bartol (USA)

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29. Rainer HipplerMuSTAnG29 University of Greifswald

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