05.06.2015 - 09:24 [ Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo (ICRR) ]

In the shadow of the Sun — Using the Sun‘s cosmic ray shadow to probe solar magnetic structure

(11.Juli 2013) The Tibet AS array experiment group, an ICRR-led international group, has discovered a clear correlation between the 11-year solar-cycle and the variation of the Sun‘s cosmic ray shadow, paving the way for a new observational method of determining the magnetic structure in the vicinity of the Sun.