title: Radiation exposure at ground level by secondary cosmic radiation.
abstract: The contribution of the charged component of secondary cosmic radiation to the ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at ground level is investigated using the muon detector MUDOS and a TEPC detector surrounded by the coincidence detector CACS to identify charged particles. The ambient dose equivalent rate H*(10)T as measured with the TEPC/CACS is used to calibrate the MUDOS count rate in terms of H*(10). First results from long-term measurements at the PTB reference site for ambient radiation dosimetry are reported. The air pressure corrected dose rate shows, as expected, a strong correlation with the neutron count rate as measured with the Kiel neutron monitor. The measured seasonal variations exhibit a negative correlation with the temperature changes in the upper layers of the atmosphere where the ground level muons are produced.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany. frank.wissmann@ptb.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wissmann
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dangendorf
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schrewe
mesh_terms: D001272:Atmosphere; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D008651:Mesons; D009686:Nuclear Physics; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature