Cosmic-ray transparency for a medium-latitude observatory

• Main Authors: Bobik, P., Storini, M., Kudela, K., Cordaro, E.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Societa italiana di fisica 2003
• Subjects: 551.5276 Radiazioni cosmiche (Include il rumore cosmico) (Classificare qui i raggi cosmici); Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/15116/; http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/15116/1/ncc8878.pdf; https://www.sif.it/riviste/sif/ncc/econtents/2003/026/02/article/1

The access of cosmic-ray particles to a medium-latitude observatory is analysed fromresults coming fromthe numerical solution of the charged-particle motion in the geomagnetic field. Evaluations are performed mainly for the Lomnick´yˇSt´ıt neutron monitor location (LS: 2634 m a.s.l., geographic coordinates 49.20◦ N, 20.22◦ E), but some results for the Antarctic Laboratory for Cosmic Rays (LARC: 40 ma.s.l, 62.20◦ S and 301.04◦ E) are also given. Particular attention is paid to the variability of the magnetospheric screening appearing when the external magnetic field is added to the internal one.