A solar neutron telescope in Tibet and its capability examined by the 1998 November 28th event

Y. Muraki*, H. Tsuchiya, K. Fujiki, S. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, H. Menjyo, T. Sako, K. Watanabe, M. Ohnishi, A. Shiomi, M. Takita, T. Yuda, Y. Katayose, N. Hotta, Shunsuke Ozawa, T. Sakurai, Y. H. Tan, J. L. Zhang

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Abstract

A new solar neutron telescope has been constructed at Yangbajing, Tibet (600 g/cm2) and has been successfully operated for 8 years. During this time several interesting events were observed in coincidence with large solar flares. In this paper the authors discuss a directional count rate enhancement 1998 November 28 as to whether it is related to solar phenomena or not. We use this event to evaluate the sensitivity of the solar neutron telescope and discuss the detection limit for solar neutrons and high energy solar protons of this detector.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-131
Number of pages13
JournalAstroparticle Physics
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Sept
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Highest energy solar particles
  • Particle acceleration
  • Solar neutron telescope
  • Solar neutrons

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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