Azimuthal modulation of cosmic ray flux as an effect of geomagnetic field in the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 86-89

  Bernardini, P ^a   D'Amone, A ^a   He, H H ^b   Mancarella, G ^a   Perrone, L ^a   Surdo, A ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Extensive air showers; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AZIMUTHAL DISTRIBUTIONS; AZIMUTHAL MODULATION; COSMIC RAY FLUX; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMETRIC EFFECTS; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRIGGER EFFICIENCIES;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84899551743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7529/ICRC2011/V01/0755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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