PoS - Proceedings of Science
Volume 444 - 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023) - Solar & Heliospheric Physics (SH)
The Akeno Muon Observation: A Joint Research for Near Earth Space by Japan-India Collaboration
A. Oshima
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Pre-published on: August 17, 2023
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Abstract
It is well known that the ground based observation of cosmic rays is one of the best way to investigate the effect of solar activities in the near earth space. The GRAPES-3 muon observation is one of such kind of observation which can probe near earth space through the galactic cosmic rays at around 0.5 AU region with a statistical precision of ∼0.1 %/h. As per the very high statistics of the GRAPES-3 muon telescope, a tiny variation of 1 % level in the cosmic ray intensity caused
by the solar wind plasma and IMF related to the solar activity can be detected. The Akeno muon telescope has a similar configuration of the detection technique as the GRAPES-3 muon telescope and the energy threshold for the incoming atmospheric muons too, though the total area is about 1/7th that of the GRAPES-3. Although the low statistics of the Akeno muon telescope compared to the GRAPES-3, the field of view of the Akeno muon telescope overlaps about 20 % of that of the GRAPES-3 at 25 earth radius. Utilizing the multidirectional observational capability of both the muon telescope with overlapping field of view, global anisotropy in the cosmic rays and its precise dynamics must be resolved at a time. This kind of observation must lead to not only the investigation into the basic mechanism of the cosmic ray propagation in the IMF, but also the prompt detection of the effect of a phenomenon caused by the solar activity.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.1313
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