A thorough examination of concurrent measurements cosmic ray radiation and meteorological parameters with the support of machine learning

IF 1.6 3区物理与天体物理 Q2 NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Radiation Measurements Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.radmeas.2025.107375

Ahmet Polatoğlu

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Abstract

It is becoming increasingly important to monitor environmental radiation in order to prevent radiation risks, to understand solar activity and to have information about space weather. In this context, many countries have established environmental monitoring networks. The aim of this paper is to present alternative ways to continuously monitor cosmic radiation in the atmosphere. This study utilizes a Cosmic Ray Muon Detector (CRMD) and a Geiger-Müller (GM) counter to measure Cosmic Rays (CRs) in the atmosphere, providing complementary data from both devices to enhance the accuracy of measurements. A combination of various techniques and instruments is required to accurately measure CRs radiation levels in the atmosphere. The GM counter, first combined with the coincidence method by Bothe and Kolhörster in the late 1920s, is an important tool in the detection of ioniing radiation. In addition, the use of scintillation detectors in cosmic radiation detection systems has become widespread and offers improved sensitivity and accuracy. Scintillation detectors of cosmic ray muons are important in CRs research and help to measure the content of secondary particles produced in extensive air showers initiated by CRs. CRMD and GM counters are self-sufficient in taking all signal readings and sending them via computer. The measurements of the two systems were also evaluated with measurements of temperature, dew point temperature, relative humidity, absolute humidity and atmospheric pressure. Subsequently, regression and boosting models were applied to analyze the data. Thus, the effects of atmospheric parameters on cosmic radiation measurements were observed. This study includes preliminary results from a study conducted over approximately three months and compared with international neutron monitor data. The results show the applicability and full potential of the proposed system. This detector system can be easily and affordably installed and operated for educational and research purposes in high schools and universities.

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在机器学习的支持下，对并发测量宇宙射线辐射和气象参数进行彻底检查

监测环境辐射以预防辐射风险、了解太阳活动和获取空间天气信息变得越来越重要。在这方面，许多国家建立了环境监测网。本文的目的是提出连续监测大气中宇宙辐射的替代方法。本研究利用宇宙射线μ子探测器（CRMD）和盖革-米勒（GM）计数器来测量大气中的宇宙射线（CRs），提供两种设备的互补数据以提高测量精度。要准确测量大气中cr辐射水平，需要多种技术和仪器的结合。GM计数器是20世纪20年代末由Bothe和Kolhörster首先与符合法结合起来的，是检测电离辐射的重要工具。此外，闪烁探测器在宇宙辐射探测系统中的使用已经变得广泛，并提供了更高的灵敏度和准确性。宇宙射线介子闪烁探测器在CRs研究中很重要，它有助于测量由CRs引发的大面积空气阵雨中产生的二次粒子的含量。CRMD和GM计数器可以自给自足地读取所有信号并通过计算机发送。通过测量温度、露点温度、相对湿度、绝对湿度和大气压力，对两个系统的测量结果进行了评价。随后，采用回归模型和boosting模型对数据进行分析。因此，观测到大气参数对宇宙辐射测量的影响。这项研究包括一项为期约三个月的研究的初步结果，并与国际中子监测数据进行了比较。结果表明了该系统的适用性和充分的潜力。该探测器系统可以方便和经济地安装和操作，用于高中和大学的教育和研究目的。

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Radiation Measurements 工程技术-核科学技术

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

20.00%

发文量

116

审稿时长

48 days

期刊介绍： The journal seeks to publish papers that present advances in the following areas: spontaneous and stimulated luminescence (including scintillating materials, thermoluminescence, and optically stimulated luminescence); electron spin resonance of natural and synthetic materials; the physics, design and performance of radiation measurements (including computational modelling such as electronic transport simulations); the novel basic aspects of radiation measurement in medical physics. Studies of energy-transfer phenomena, track physics and microdosimetry are also of interest to the journal. Applications relevant to the journal, particularly where they present novel detection techniques, novel analytical approaches or novel materials, include: personal dosimetry (including dosimetric quantities, active/electronic and passive monitoring techniques for photon, neutron and charged-particle exposures); environmental dosimetry (including methodological advances and predictive models related to radon, but generally excluding local survey results of radon where the main aim is to establish the radiation risk to populations); cosmic and high-energy radiation measurements (including dosimetry, space radiation effects, and single event upsets); dosimetry-based archaeological and Quaternary dating; dosimetry-based approaches to thermochronometry; accident and retrospective dosimetry (including activation detectors), and dosimetry and measurements related to medical applications.