A study of secondary cosmic ray flux variation during the annular eclipse of 15 January 2010 at Rameswaram, India

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aph....35..223b&link_type=abstract

Astroparticle Physics, Volume 35, Issue 5, p. 223-229.

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The gamma ray flux was measured during the annular solar eclipse on January 15, 2010 at Rameswaram, India using NaI (Tl) scintillator detectors and the variation in charged particles and gamma rays was monitored using Geiger Müller (GM) counters. The gamma ray flux variation was studied in energy range of 0.1-3.5 MeV. Weather parameters (temperature and humidity) were continuously recorded throughout the duration of the eclipse at the site and correlation between gamma ray flux and weather parameters was examined. Analysis of the secondary cosmic ray flux using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) was carried out to study the impact of the eclipse on the flux modulation. An overall decrease in flux was observed by both GM counters and scintillator detectors. A relative enhancement observed for short time during the eclipse which could be associated with the presence of counter electrojet observed at Rameswaram. This is suggestive of an increase in secondary cosmic ray flux at the geomagnetic equator during every counter electrojet due to decrease in geomagnetic rigidity.

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