DocumentCode :
934234
Title :
Using RPC Detectors as Cosmic Rays Monitor
Author :
De Asmundis, Riccardo ; Avella, Paola ; Toglia, Francesca
Author_Institution :
Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Napoli
Volume :
54
Issue :
3
fYear :
2007
fDate :
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
670
Lastpage :
676
Abstract :
We have measured the cosmic ray absolute flux and its variations caused by the ldquoday-nightrdquo and the ldquobarometricrdquo effects, by using a telescope of resistive plate chamber (RPC) detectors. Because of the high sensitivity needed for this measure, the RPC behaviour must be very well controlled and all the influences induced by the environmental parameters, must be compensated. For this purpose we introduced, among others features, an alternative method for the stabilization of the RPC working point. We present here all the results for both aspects: the cosmic ray flux measurements, the barometric effect and a description of the RPC stabilization method used.
Keywords :
cosmic ray apparatus; position sensitive particle detectors; RPC detectors; barometric effect; cosmic ray absolute flux; cosmic rays monitor; resistive plate chamber detectors; Absorption; Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Detectors; Earth; Magnetosphere; Mesons; Monitoring; Sea level; Sea measurements; Cosmic rays; electronics; gas detectors; triggering;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9499
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2007.895505
Filename :
4237403
Link To Document :
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