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Measurements of energy spectra of relativistic electrons and gamma-rays from avalanches developed in the thunderous atmosphere with Aragats Solar Neutron Telescope

Chilingarian, A. ; Hovsepyan, G.; Karapetyan, T.; Sargsyan, B.; Chilingaryan, S. ORCID iD icon 1
1 Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Aragats solar neutron telescope (ASNT) is a unique instrument allowing to measure the energy spectra of electrons accelerated and multiplied in the strong electric fields of the atmosphere. We describe the instrument setup, its operation condition, software, and hardware triggers. We present energy spectra of a very large thunderstorm ground enhancement (TGE) event observed on 6 October 2021. The detector response function, algorithm to recover energy spectra from the energy release histograms also are presented. The spectra recovery procedure is verified by simulation of the response function of the SEVAN detector, operating nearby ASNT. SEVAN is a stacked 3 layered detector, interlayered by lead filters registering both charged and neutral species of cosmic rays. The simulated and measured count rates of all 3 layers of the SEVAN detector show good agreement within 20%.


Preprint §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000151332
Veröffentlicht am 05.12.2022
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/03/P03002
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Zitationen: 15
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Zitationen: 12
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsdatum 01.03.2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1748-0221
KITopen-ID: 1000151332
HGF-Programm 54.12.02 (POF IV, LK 01) System Technologies
Erschienen in Journal of Instrumentation
Verlag Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd (IOP Publishing Ltd)
Band 17
Heft 03
Seiten P03002
Schlagwörter Data analysis; Particle detectors; Particle identification methods; Spectrometers
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