Characteristics of EAS neutron component obtained with PRISMA-32 array

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1612.09460
• Publication Date: 2016-01-01
• Authors: Gromushkin, D. M.; Bogdanov, F. A.; Petrukhin, A. A.; Shchegolev, O. B.; Stenkin, Yu. V.; Stepanov, V. I.; Yashin, I. I.; Yurin, K. O.
• Keywords: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); 0103 physical sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; 7. Clean energy; 01 natural sciences; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)

XXV ECRS 2016 Proceedings - eConf C16-09-04.3<br/>The paper is devoted to the results of the EAS neutron component investigations by means of the PRISMA-32 array. The array consists of 32 en-detectors and enables to record delayed thermal neutrons accompanying showers. For registration of thermal neutrons, the scintillator based on $^{6}Li$ isotope as a target is used in the detectors. Some results of the processing of data accumulated over a long period of time are presented: the lateral distribution function of neutrons in EAS and preliminary results on EAS neutron multiplicity spectrum and distribution of showers in e/n ratio.<br/>