The Interferometer will monitor the passage of extremely energetic cosmic particles that enter earth's atmosphere. By transmitting a reference signal and measuring changes in phase and amplitude at a remote site, we are able to monitor disturbances in the surrounding air which may signal the crossing of a neutrino, monopole, or other energetic particle into the arctic atmosphere. This experiment has promising application in studying high energy particles. High energy physicists are particularly interested in the measurement of lifetime of electrons released by highly energetic particles in their passage through the atmosphere.

ABSTRACT: A network of horizontal propagation paths of HF radiation is proposed to detect ionization paths created by energetic particles near the earth's surface. Coherent phase method is sensitive to sudden changes in ionization in any portion of a long path length. Wong, A.Y., 2001, RADIO DETECTION OF HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES, 263 (view pdf of ABSTRACT) or go to website at
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