An Alternative Incoming Correction for Cosmic-Ray Neutron
Sensing Observations Using Local Muon Measurement
Measuring the variability of incoming neutrons locally would be usefull for the cosmic-ray
neutron sensing (CRNS) method. As the measurement of high energy neutrons is not so easy, alternative
particles can be considered for such purpose. Among them, muons are particles created from the same cascade
of primary cosmic-ray fluxes that generate neutrons at the ground. In addition, they can be easily detected by
small and relatively inexpensive detectors. For these reasons they could provide a suitable local alternative to
incoming corrections based on remote neutron monitor data. The reported measurements demonstrated that
muon detection system can detect incoming cosmic-ray variations locally. Furthermore the precision of this
measurement technique is considered adequate for many CRNS applications.
