Can magnetic field be used to reduce cosmic charged particles background\n to low energy particle detectors?

2020/06/13 by Kolahal Bhattacharya, Bhattacharya, Kolahal
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Particle Detector Development and Performance

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2006.10161

openalex publication_date 2020/06/13 · openalex created_date 2022/07/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The possibility to reduce the background due to cosmic ray charged particles\nby the use of magnetic field in the ground based low energy particle detectors\nis explored. The degree of reduction of cosmic rays as a function of the\nmagnetic field strength and its depth is quantified.\n

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