Characteristics of the Forbush decrease of 22 June 2015 measured by means of the muon hodoscope URAGAN

Abstract

Results of the studies of cosmic ray muon flux variations during the powerful Forbush effect registered by the muon hodoscope URAGAN on June 22, 2015 are presented. From the muon flux angular distribution, the dependence of the intensity decrease amplitude on the primary particle energy in the region above 10 GeV has been obtained. The changes of this dependence at different phases of the Forbush effect development have been studied. Based on the analysis of spatial and angular variations of the muon flux, the values of the local anisotropy vector parameters, as well as unique muon snapshots (muonographies) have been obtained. The characteristics of the heliospheric and magnetospheric disturbances during the considered event have been analyzed.