TRAGALDABAS. First results on cosmic ray studies and their relation with the solar activity, the Earth magnetic field and the atmospheric properties

TL;DR

This paper presents initial findings from the TRAGALDABAS detector, analyzing cosmic rays to explore their relationship with solar activity, Earth's magnetic field, and atmospheric properties.

Contribution

First results demonstrating the use of a high-resolution detector to study cosmic ray variations related to solar and geomagnetic phenomena.

Findings

Preliminary data on cosmic ray flux variations

Correlation between cosmic rays and solar activity

Insights into Earth's magnetic influence on cosmic rays

Abstract

Cosmic rays originating from extraterrestrial sources are permanently arriving at Earth atmosphere, where they produce up to billions of secondary particles. The analysis of the secondary particles reaching to the surface of the Earth may provide a very valuable information about the Sun activity, changes in the geomagnetic field and the atmosphere, among others. In this article, we present the first preliminary results of the analysis of the cosmic rays measured with a high resolution tracking detector, TRAGALDABAS, located at the Univ. of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain.