Theses, Papers and Articles

In this collection, the theses are from University records and either open in your browser when you click on the thesis name. or will download the pdf which you can then open on your computer. The other documents are links on the internet which should open in your browser.

An Analysis of Arrival Directions and shower front curvature of large air showers observed by the SUGAR array

                Brian Denehy PhD Thesis  -  1975

A Study of Muons and Electrons in Cosmic Ray Air Showers

                LS Wilson PhD Thesis  -  1973

A Directional Analysis of very high energy Air showers 
               Roger Brownlee  -  PhD Thesis  -  1971

An Investigation of High Energy Nuclear Interactions using Emulsions
               Ray Woolcott PhD thesisis  -  1967

Experiments on extensive cosmic ray air showers
                 R H Wand    -   PhD Thesis  -  1965

Investigation into the nuclear active component of extensive air showers
                Juris Ulrichs   -   PhD Thesis  -  1965

Investigations of the high density region of the density spectrum of cosmic ray extensive air showers with cloud chamber and geiger counter
                Geoff Winterton - MSc Thesis  -  1961

Counter experiments on extensive cosmic ray air showers 
                Chris Wallace  -  PhD Thesis  -  1959

Investigations towards an understanding of superconductivity
                Bob May    -   PhD Thesis  -  1959

Nuclear isomerism
                M.M. Winn   -   MSc Thesis   -   1950

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A Brief History of the Study of High Energy Cosmic Rays using Arrays of Surface Detectors

                A A Watson  -  2022

C. B. A. McCusker’s research while affiliated with The University of Sydney and other places

                 2011

Connect Sci from CSIRO Publishing

                Lots of Cosray references by entering  "Cosmic Rays" in search bar

Enhancing the cosmic-ray mass sensitivity of air-shower arrays by combining radio and muon detectors

                Ewa M. Holt, Frank G. Schröder, Andreas Haungs  -  2018

Extreme-Energy Cosmic Rays - Hints to New Physics Beyond the Standard Model   

             Pijushpani Bhattacharjee and G¨unter Sigl

Extensive Air Showers

                C. B. A. McCusKER  - 1965

Extensive Air Showers and Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Rays: A Historical Review

                Karl-Heinz Kampert and Alan A Watson - 2012

Footprints of Super-GZK Cosmic Rays in the Pilliga State Forest

                Luis Anchordoqui and Haim Goldberg  -  2003

High Energy Cosmic Rays

                Todor Stanev  -  2004

Muon content of extensive air showers: comparison of the energy spectra obtained by the Sydney University Giant Air-shower Recorder and by the Pierre Auger Observat ory

                J. A. Bellido, R. W. Clay, N. N.Kalmykov, I. S. Karpikov, G. I. Rubtsov, S. V.Troitsky, and J. Ulrichs  -  2018

Muon lateral distribution function of extensive air showers - results of the Sydney University Giant Air-shower Recorder versus modern Monte-Carlo simulations

                N. N. Kalmykov, I. S. Karpikov,  G. I. Rubtsov, and S. V.Troitsky  -  2022

Muons, mutations, and planetary shielding

                Piet C. de Groen   -   2022

One century of cosmic rays – A particle physicist’s view

as a more formal paper

                Christine Sutton  2015

SILLIAC

                Wikipedia - 2023
                also here

                and here

                The First Electronic Digital Computers in Australia

Southern hemisphere observations of a 10^18 eV cosmic ray source near the direction of the Galactic Centre

                J.A. Bellido, R.W. Clay, B.R. Dawson, M. Johnston-Hollitt  -  2000

The Cosmic Ray Spectrum Above 10^17 eV

                M.M. Winn, J. Ulrichs, L. Horton, C.B.A. McCusker and L.S. Peak  -  1985

The Upper End of the Observed Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum

                C. J. Bell et al  -  1973