Studying the variation of fundamental constants at the Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory

TL;DR

This paper discusses how the Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) can detect potential variations in fundamental constants across space and time using a global network of cosmic ray detectors.

Contribution

It introduces the potential effects detectable by CREDO for studying variations in fundamental constants via cosmic ray observations.

Findings

Identification of effects detectable through cosmic rays

Potential to study spatial and temporal variations of constants

Framework for using cosmic ray data in fundamental physics

Abstract

The study of the variation of fundamental constants through time or in localized regions of space is one of the goals of the Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory which consists of multiple detectors over the Earth. In this paper, the various effects which can be potentially identified through cosmic rays detections by CREDO are presented.