Intensity Variation of Vertical Cosmic-Ray Air Showers

Statistics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

2

Scientific paper

A new experimental approach has been studied for measuring the sidereal time variation of the high-energy cosmic radiation. The apparatus consists of an "air-shower telescope" using only six small counter tubes and an "extensive" tray of GM tubes. The apparatus is sensitive to vertical showers and discriminates against showers with (projected) zenith angle greater than 10° this directional efficiency is calculated to be about 90% and has been verified experimentally. In subsidiary experiments, the apparatus has been used to measure the zenith angle dependence of air showers. We can therefore set up an arrangement of counters to detect only vertical showers of high energy. Preliminary results show a counting rate of 1 per 3 hours per recording station for vertical extensive air showers of energy >=1015 ev. The barometric coefficient has been determined as (9+/-4)% per cm Hg; however, no statistically significant time variation has as yet been detected. The recording rate can be increased and better statistics obtained by increasing the number of recording setups.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Intensity Variation of Vertical Cosmic-Ray Air Showers does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Intensity Variation of Vertical Cosmic-Ray Air Showers, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Intensity Variation of Vertical Cosmic-Ray Air Showers will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1452488

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.