MEAN INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT USING THE ARGO-YBJ EXPERIMENT
- Autori: Aielli, G; Bacci, C; Bartoli, B; Bernardini, P; Bi, XJ; Bleve, C; Bolognino, I; Branchini, P; Budano, A; Bussino, S; Calabrese Melcarne, AK; Camarri, P; Cao, Z; Cappa, A; Cardarelli, R; Catalanotti, S; Cattaneo, C; Celio, P; Chen, SZ; Chen, TL; Chen, Y; Creti, P; Cui, SW; Dai, BZ; D'Ali Staiti, G; Danzengluobu; Dattoli, M; De Mitri, I; D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B; De Vincenzi, M; Di Girolamo, T; Ding, XH; Di Sciascio, G; Feng, CF; Feng, ZYa; Feng, ZYo; Galeazzi, F; Galeotti, P; Gargana, R; Giroletti, E; Gou, QB; Guo, YQ; He, HH; Hu, HaB; Hu, HoB; Huang, Q; Iacovacci, M; Iuppa, R; James, I; Jia, HY; Labaciren; Li, HJ; Li, JY; Li, XX; Liberti, B; Liguori, G; Liu, C; Liu, CQ; Liu, MY; Liu, J; Lu, H; Ma, XH; Mancarella, G; Mari, SM; Marsella, G; Martello, D; Mastroianni, S; Meng, XR; Montini, P; Ning, CC; Pagliaro, A; Panareo, M; Perrone, L; Pistilli, P; Qu XB; Rossi, E; Ruggieri, F; Saggese, L; Salvini, P; Santonico, R; Shen, PR; Sheng, XD; Shi, F; Stanescu, C; Surdo, A; Tan, YH; Vallania, P; Vernetto, S; Vigorito, C; Wang, B; Wang, H; Wu, CY; Wu, HR; Xu, B; Xue, L; Yan, YX; Yang, QY; Yang, XC; Yao, ZG; Yuan, AF; Zha, M; Zhang, HM; Zhang, JLi; Zhang, JLo; Zhang, L; Zhang, P; Zhang, XY; Zhang, Y; Zhaxisangzhu; Zhou, XX; Zhu, FR; Zhu, QQ; Zizzi, G
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2011
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Parole Chiave: Cosmic Rays, Gamma Sources, Extended Air Showers, Solar wind
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/53654
Abstract
The Sun blocks cosmic-ray particles from outside the solar system, forming a detectable shadow in the sky map of cosmic rays detected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment in Tibet. Because the cosmic-ray particles are positively charged, the magnetic field between the Sun and the Earth deflects them from straight trajectories and results in a shift of the shadow from the true location of the Sun. Here, we show that the shift measures the intensity of the field that is transported by the solar wind from the Sun to the Earth.