Abstract
A survey of the data on measured particle fluxes and the rate of ionization in the atmosphere is presented. Measurements as a function of altitude, time and cut-off rigidity are compared with simulations of particle production from cosmic rays. The simulations generally give a reasonable representation of the data. However, some discrepancies are found. The solar modulation of the particle fluxes is measured and found to be a factor 2.7 ± 0.8 greater than that observed for muons alone near sea level. © Author(s) 2011.
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Sloan, T., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Makhmutov, V. S., Stozhkov, Y. I., Svirzhevskaya, A. K., & Svirzhevsky, N. S. (2011). Ionization in the atmosphere, comparison between measurements and simulations. Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions, 7(1), 29–33. https://doi.org/10.5194/astra-7-29-2011
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