Search for the Relationship Between Particle Eruptions from the Earth’s Radiation Belt and Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts
https://doi.org/10.56304/S207956292006041X
Abstract
The paper studies the relationship between particle precipitation from the Earth’s radiation belt and cosmic gamma-ray bursts. For this purpose, experimental measurements of charged cosmic ray fluxes in the PAMELA experiment and observations of gamma-ray bursts by the Fermi observatory are used. Both instruments simultaneously operated in low-Earth orbit between 2008 and 2016. For the moment of time of each gamma-ray burst detected by the Fermi observatory in the specified time period, the counting rate of the PAMELA instrument detectors was analyzed. To search for a possible signal from the interaction of a gamma-ray burst with charged particles of near-Earth space, annual background maps of the counting rates of time-of-flight system detectors are constructed. The difference between the background counting rate and the counting rate at the moment of arrival of the gamma-ray burst (in the time interval a few minutes before and after) was analyzed. We found several cases where there is a significant deviation of the counting rate from the background value at the time of the arrival of the gamma-ray burst, which lasts up to 5−10 min after that.
About the Authors
D. N. MorozovaRussian Federation
D. N. Morozova,
Moscow, 115409.
A. G. Mayorov
Russian Federation
A. G. Mayorov,
Moscow, 115409.
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For citations:
Morozova D.N., Mayorov A.G. Search for the Relationship Between Particle Eruptions from the Earth’s Radiation Belt and Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts. Nuclear Physics and Engineering. 2021;12(1):54-58. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.56304/S207956292006041X