Acta Polytechnica (Dec 2013)

LARGE AREA HODOSCOPES FOR MUON DIAGNOSTICS OF HELIOSPHERE AND EARTH’S MAGNETOSPHERE

  • I. I. Yashin,
  • N. V. Ampilogov,
  • I.I. Astapov,
  • N.S. Barbashina,
  • V.V. Borog,
  • A.N. Dmitrieva,
  • R.P. Kokoulin,
  • K.G. Kompaniets,
  • G. Mannocchi,
  • A.S. Mikhailenko,
  • A.A. Petrukhin,
  • O. Saavedra,
  • V.V. Shutenko,
  • G. Trinchero,
  • E.I. Yakovleva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2013.53.0807
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53, no. A

Abstract

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Muon diagnostics is a technique for remote monitoring of active processes in the heliosphere and the magnetosphere of the Earth based on the analysis of angular variations of muon flux simultaneously detected from all directions of the upper hemisphere. To carry out muon diagnostics, special detectors – muon hodoscopes – which can detect muons from any direction with good angular resolution in real-time mode are required. We discuss approaches to data analysis and the results of studies of various extra-terrestrial processes detected by means of the wide aperture URAGAN muon hodoscope.