{"title":"Diurnal Wave of the Ground-Level Electric Field of Fair Weather in Mountains and Its Influence on the Muon Intensity","authors":"N. S. Khaerdinov","doi":"10.1134/S1062873825711201","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>A diurnal wave of the ground-level electric field of nonstandard type is regularly observed at the <i>Carpet</i> array of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (43.3° N, 42.7° E) located in a mountain gorge at an altitude of 1.7 km above sea level. In a period of July 29 to September 6, 2019, which included two magnetic storms, it was observed that the diurnal wave of the muon intensity with an energy of more than 100 MeV registered by the array changed its sign. In this period, the diurnal behavior of the pressure, temperature, and ground-level electric field did not change. Using the case of inversion of the diurnal wave, we estimated the contribution of the regularly measured disturbance of the atmospheric electric field to the muon intensity variations. During the study, previously unnoticed morning–evening variations of terrestrial origin were revealed.</p>","PeriodicalId":504,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics","volume":"89 6","pages":"810 - 816"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4800,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1062873825711201","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Physics and Astronomy","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A diurnal wave of the ground-level electric field of nonstandard type is regularly observed at the Carpet array of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (43.3° N, 42.7° E) located in a mountain gorge at an altitude of 1.7 km above sea level. In a period of July 29 to September 6, 2019, which included two magnetic storms, it was observed that the diurnal wave of the muon intensity with an energy of more than 100 MeV registered by the array changed its sign. In this period, the diurnal behavior of the pressure, temperature, and ground-level electric field did not change. Using the case of inversion of the diurnal wave, we estimated the contribution of the regularly measured disturbance of the atmospheric electric field to the muon intensity variations. During the study, previously unnoticed morning–evening variations of terrestrial origin were revealed.
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Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics is an international peer reviewed journal published with the participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It presents full-text articles (regular, letters to the editor, reviews) with the most recent results in miscellaneous fields of physics and astronomy: nuclear physics, cosmic rays, condensed matter physics, plasma physics, optics and photonics, nanotechnologies, solar and astrophysics, physical applications in material sciences, life sciences, etc. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics focuses on the most relevant multidisciplinary topics in natural sciences, both fundamental and applied. Manuscripts can be submitted in Russian and English languages and are subject to peer review. Accepted articles are usually combined in thematic issues on certain topics according to the journal editorial policy. Authors featured in the journal represent renowned scientific laboratories and institutes from different countries, including large international collaborations. There are globally recognized researchers among the authors: Nobel laureates and recipients of other awards, and members of national academies of sciences and international scientific societies.