dc.contributor.author | Strauss, Du Toit | |
dc.contributor.author | Van der Merwe, Cobus | |
dc.contributor.author | Kruger, Hendrik | |
dc.contributor.author | Diedericks, Corrie | |
dc.contributor.author | Kruger, Helena | |
dc.contributor.author | Moloto, Katlego | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-10T09:23:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-10T09:23:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Strauss, D. et al. 2020. The mini-neutron monitor: a new approach in neutron monitor design. Journal of space weather and space climate, 10:#39. [https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020038] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2115-7251 (Online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/35718 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.swsc-journal.org/articles/swsc/pdf/2020/01/swsc200035.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020038 | |
dc.description.abstract | The near-Earth cosmic ray flux has been monitored for more than 70 years by a network of ground-based neutron monitors (NMs). With the ever-increasing importance of quantifying the radiation risk and effects of cosmic rays for, e.g., air and space-travel, it is essential to continue operating the existing NM stations, while expanding this crucial network. In this paper, we discuss a smaller and cost-effective version of the traditional NM, the mini-NM. These monitors can be deployed with ease, even to extremely remote locations, where they operate in a semi-autonomous fashion. We believe that the mini-NM, therefore, offers the opportunity to increase the sensitivity and expand the coverage of the existing NM network, making this network more suitable to near-real-time monitoring for space weather applications. In this paper, we present the technical details of the mini-NM’s design and operation, and present a summary of the initial tests and science results | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | EDP | en_US |
dc.subject | Neutron monitors | en_US |
dc.subject | Space weather instrumentation | en_US |
dc.subject | Cosmic rays | en_US |
dc.subject | Neutron monitor multiplicity | en_US |
dc.title | The mini-neutron monitor: a new approach in neutron monitor design | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 13065440 - Strauss, Roelf Du Toit | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 10147624 - Krüger, Helena | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 27863840 - Diedericks, Corrie | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 20661533 - Moloto, Katlego Daniel | |