Forbush decreases and solar events seen in the 10-20 GeV energy range by the Karlsruhe Muon Telescope

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-488

  Braun, I ^a   Engler, J ^b   Horandel J R ^a   Milke, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Forbush decrease; Ground level enhancement; Heliosphere; Muon telescope; Solar energetic event

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMOLOGY; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TELESCOPES;

FORBUSH DECREASE; GROUND LEVEL ENHANCEMENTS; HELIOSPHERES; MUON TELESCOPE; SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENT;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 59949092227     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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