Speaker
Dr
Danislav Sapundjiev
(Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium)
Description
Neutron monitors are essential instruments for studying interplanetary conditions and space weather. Complementing to space-born detectors, they extend the observable energy range beyond 50 GeV. While ground-level enhancements and Forbush decreases are well-documented, shorter temporal increases in neutron count rates remain under-explored. This work investigates potential causes of such short intensity increase like single peaks, originating from terrestrial effects (gamma-ray flashes, muon-bursts) to solar energetic events and high-energy cosmic rays. Additionally, we aim to distinguish between genuine physical phenomena and instrumental noise to avoid spurious data interpretation.
Author
Dr
Danislav Sapundjiev
(Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium)
