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Studying the Effect of Meteorological Parameters on the Concentration of Thermal Neutrons, Based on Data from the NEUTRON Setup
The effect meteorological parameters have on the concentration of thermal neutrons is studied using data from the NEUTRON setup in the period May 2015 to February 2019. Daily and seasonal variations in the neu...
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Modeling PRISMA-32 and URAN Responses to the Passage of Extensive Air Showers
The PRISMA-32 and URAN arrays were created as parts of the NEVOD Unique Scientific Facility (MEPhI) to study the neutron component of extensive air showers (EASes). The responses of the facilities to the passa...
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Studying Characteristics of the Neutron Component of Extensive Air Showers Using Data from the URAN Array
The URAN array operates as part of the NEVOD experimental complex for studying the hadron component of extensive air showers by recording the neutrons that accompany a shower. The first results are presented f...
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Primary Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum Above the ‘‘Knee’’ Measured with PRISMA-32 Array
PRISMA-32 (PRImary Spectrum Measurement Array) is working since 2012 in the Scientific & Educational Center NEVOD (NRNU ‘‘MEPhI’’, Moscow). Array area is \({\sim}500\) m \({}^{2}\) . PRISMA-32 consists of 32 ...
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Study of EAS Registered by the PRISMA-32 Array and the Cherenkov Water Calorimeter NEVOD
Two installations that allow to detect the EAS hadron component in a continuous mode, the Cherenkov water calorimeter (CWC) NEVOD and PRISMA-32 are operated in MEPhI. The comparison of the characteristics of E...
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Investigation of the EAS Neutron Component with the PRISMA-32 Array
Data on the EAS neutron component obtained using the PRISMA-32 array are presented. Secondary neutrons are first moderated and then detected by specialized scintillation electron–neutron detectors (en-detector...
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Low-background EN-detector for the investigation of the neutron component of EASs
Thermal neutrons are detected using a scintillator compound based on ZnS(Ag) with B2O3 added to it. The pulse height generated by single charged particles in a scintillator of small thickness (50 mg/cm2) is not l...
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Cosmic ray spectrum measured by the PRISMA-32 setup
The results of measurements of the spectrum of extensive air showers (EASs) by the number of neutrons detected by the PRISMA-32 setup are presented. The neutron component is formed during the interaction of hi...
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The URAN array for studying atmospheric neutrons
The URAN array is designed to study primary cosmic rays in the region of the knee by detecting neutrons produced as a result of interaction between EAS particles and nuclei in the atmosphere or matter near the...