Title
Variations in cosmic rays and the surface electric field in January 2016
Date Issued
01 February 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Makhmutov V.
Stozhkov Y.
Raulin J.
Philippov M.
Bazilevskaya G.
Kvashnin A.
Marun A.
Fernandez G.
Viktorov S.
Panov V.
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Publisher(s)
Allerton Press Incorporation
Abstract
Three units of neutron detectors and four blocks of gamma-ray spectrometers have been installed and started operation at Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito, CASLEO (San Juan, Argentina; coordinates 31 S, 69 W; height of 2550 m; the rigidity of geomagnetic cutoff of Rc = 9.7 GV) in May 2015 as part of the scientific cooperation between the Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (San Paulo, Brazil) and Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito, CASLEO (San Juan, Argentina). Measurements with the new detectors greatly supplement the experimental data on variations in the charged component of cosmic rays obtained by the CARPET ground-based cosmic ray detector in 2006. The first results from a joint analysis of new experimental data are presented. Particular attention is given to growing cosmic ray fluxes associated with changes in the surface electric field. The main characteristics of the events recorded in January 2016 are presented.
Start page
241
End page
244
Volume
81
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física y Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85014873859
Source
Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics
ISSN of the container
10628738
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