EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2017)

Exotic geophysical phenomena observed in an environmental neutron flux study using EAS PRISMA detectors

  • Alekseenko Victor,
  • Bagrova Anastasia,
  • Cui Shuwang,
  • He Yayun,
  • Li Bingbing,
  • Ma Xinhua,
  • Pozdnyakov Egor,
  • Shchegolev Oleg,
  • Stenkin Yuri,
  • Stepanov Vladimir

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714515003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 145
p. 15003

Abstract

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Some exotic geophysical events are observed by a global net of electron-neutron detectors (en-detectors) developed in the framework of the PRISMA EAS project. Our en-detectors running both on the Earth's surface and underground are continuously measuring the environmental thermal neutron flux. Thermal neutrons are in equilibrium with media and are therefore sensitive to many geophysical phenomena, which are exotic for people studying ultra high-energy cosmic rays or carrying out low background experiments deep underground.