Cosmic ray zenith angle distribution at low geomagnetic latitude
Abstract
The intensity of secondary charged cosmic rays at different zenith angles was measured by narrow angle Geiger-Mueller telescopes up to an atmospheric depth of 2 g per sq cm. The angular distribution observed at high altitudes is nearly flat at small angles around the vertical and suggests that the particle intensity peaks at large zenith angles, close to the horizon.
- Publication:
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SBARMO Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- December 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977SBARM...6..243A
- Keywords:
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- Balloon-Borne Instruments;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Geomagnetic Latitude;
- Zenith;
- Geiger Counters;
- Radiation Distribution;
- Space Radiation