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Measurement of interplanetary magnetic field in short period using the cosmic-ray Sun shadow measured by LHAASO

  • the LHAASO Collaboration
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
  • Shandong University
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • TIANFU Cosmic Ray Research Center
  • Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
  • Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Southwest Jiaotong University
  • Sichuan University
  • Nanjing University
  • Guangzhou University
  • Wuhan University
  • CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory
  • Hebei Normal University
  • CAS - Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
  • Tibet University
  • CAS - National Astronomical Observatories
  • Sun Yat-Sen University
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Yunnan University
  • University of Geneva
  • Tsinghua University
  • Zhengzhou University
  • Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Peking University
  • Guangxi University
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Mahidol University
  • Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
  • CAS - National Space Science Center

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Abstract

The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) between the Sun and the Earth induces the displacement of the cosmic-ray Sun shadow from the optical position. Previously, the average IMF has been measured by the ARGO-YBJ and the Tibet-ASy experiments through several years of data. With the improvement of the sensitivity, the first pool of WCDA in LHAASO, which has been operated since April 2019, and has observed the Sun shadow with significance exceeds 70 standard deviation. Using the data collected by WCDA from July 26 to August 22, 2019, we measured the displacements of Sun shadow at the energy of 6.4TeV every two or three days. Combining with the simulation of Sun shadow, the IMF is measured and is comparable with the satellite observations. This is the first time to measure the IMF using Sun shadow in a short period, and the expectation for space weather forecast is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1294
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume395
StatePublished - 18 Mar 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany
Duration: 12 Jul 202123 Jul 2021

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