تقرير
First results from the ENTOTO neutron monitor: Quantifying the waiting time distribution
| العنوان: | First results from the ENTOTO neutron monitor: Quantifying the waiting time distribution |
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| المؤلفون: | Strauss, R. D., Giday, Nigussie M., Seba, Ephrem B., Chekole, Daniel A., Garuma, Gemechu F., Kassa, Bereket H., Dugassa, Teshome, Diedericks, C. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | Astrophysics Physics (Other) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| الوصف: | We discuss a newly established neutron monitor station installed at the ENTOTO Observatory Research Center outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This is a version of a mini-neutron monitor, recently upgraded to detect individual neutrons and able to calculate the waiting time distribution between neutron pulses down to $\sim 1 $ $\mu$s. From the waiting time distribution we define and calculate a new quantity, the correlation ratio, as the ratio of correlated to uncorrelated neutrons measured inside the monitor. We propose that this quantity can, in future, be used as a proxy for spectral index of atmospheric particles incident on the monitor and show that this quantity has a weak pressure dependence. We believe that future measurements from the ENTOTO mini-neutron monitor will contribute towards the understanding of cosmic ray acceleration and transport in the heliosphere. Comment: Submitted to Advances in Space Research spacial issue: Space and Geophysical Observations and Recent Results related to the African Continent |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.016 |
| URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.02154 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsarx.2205.02154 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.016 |
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