Aragats Space-Environmental Center (ASEC), Cosmic Ray Division (CRD), Alikhanyan Physics Institute

1. Aragats Space Environmental Centre ( ASEC ) DetectorsValeri BabayanCosmic Ray Division, Alikhanyan Physics Institute, Armenia

2. Aragats Space-Environmental Center (ASEC), Cosmic Ray Division (CRD), Alikhanyan Physics Institute

3. ASEC Monitors • Aragats Neutron Monitor (ArNM) • Nor – Amberd Neutron Monitor (NANM) • Solar Neutron Telescope • Underground Muon Telescope (AMMM) • Muon + Electron Monitor (SNT e,) • Nor – Amberd Muon Telescope • ASEC Monitor’s advantages: • Locations at the points with same cutoff rigidity • Location at 2 altitudes at sea level • Various energetic thresholds

4. List of ASEC Particle Detectors

5. Aragats NM

6. Solar Neutron Telescope

7. Nor Amberd Multidirectional Muon Monitor

8. Aragats Multidirectional Muon Monitor (AMMM)

9. Sevan DetectorSpace Environmental Viewing and Analysis Network Software Trigger (Microcontroller based) 111 – Charged particle-high; 300 MeV muon 010 – Neutral particle 100 – Low energy charged particle 011 – High energy neutral particle 001 – horizontal muon 101 – 2 horizontal muons MMM – Extensive Air Shower

10. www.crdlx5.yerphi.am SEVAN Endorsed by UN/NASA/ESA To be Coordinated by ASEC The Space Environmental Viewing and Analysis Network (SEVAN) at medium to low latitudes endorsed by the UN/NASA/ESA consortium in the framework of the International Heliophysical Year to improve space weather forecasting research and alerts. • Initially it will span 9 countries, with the main control center in Armenia. • SEVAN will be flexible to detect more than one species of particles and provide directional data.

12. New ElectronicsMini PC and Electronic Module

13. PCB for Scintillation Detectors

14. PCB for Neutron Monitors

17. New electronics Provides: High fidelity Permits: • Make the measurements with any dead time, time series data on the any time period bases • Have the real time spectrum of each detector • To have remote control on high voltage, thresholds (electronic and soft), therefore change it

18. www.crdlx5.yerphi.am Achievements and Recognitions in the Recent Past 1970’s- Induction into World Network of Neutron Monitors 1997- Induction into World Network of Solar Neutron Telescopes 1999- Noted in the summary of the Cosmic Ray Conference in Salt Lake City, for making key real-time data available on the internet. 2001- Induction into COSPAR – COmmission for SPAce Research. 2002- Named the best Japanese-funded ISTC project. 2003- ASEC’s Data Visualization Interactive Network (DVIN) won the World Summit on Information Society Award for the best content in the e-science category. The competition included 800 projects from 136 countries. The finalists included USA, China and Canada. 2005-All Armenia award for best content in the e-science category. - Inclusion in NASA’s International Heleophysical Year cooperation and listed on the NASA site as one of the world’s key observatories

19. www.crdlx5.yerphi.am ASEC is an Indispensable Element of the International Effort on Space Weather • In cosmic ray physics the earth in its entirety is a detector. ASEC fills an important gap in the world network of cosmic ray research centers. • Its monitors are located at different altitudes (3200m, 2000m) and have different energy thresholds. • ASEC monitors provide correlated multidimensional data on the temporal evolution of various components and energy thresholds of secondary cosmic ray fluxes • Data from ASEC monitors is available real-time, on line