New 3 He neutron monitor for Chilean Cosmic-Ray Observatories from the Altiplanic zone to the Antarctic zone

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1670-1683

  Cordaro, E G ^a   Olivares, E ^b   Galvez, D ^a   Salazar Aravena, D ^c   Laroze, D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ground level event; High mountain observatories; Monte Carlo method

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRONS; OBSERVATORIES;

ANTARCTIC ZONE; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; GROUND LEVEL EVENT; HIGH MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORIES; INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEARS; NEAR-EQUATORIAL ZONE; NEUTRON MONITORS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84861093285     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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