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Observation of the February 2011 Forbush decrease by the EEE telescopes

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The Forbush decrease following the large X2 solar flare on mid-February 2011 has been observed by the muon telescopes of the EEE Project, which are located in several Italian sites and at CERN. Data from two different telescopes of the EEE network have been analyzed and compared to those measured by neutron monitor stations. The variation of the muon counting rate during the Forbush decrease was also extracted for different intervals of the azimuthal angle of the incoming muons.

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  1. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy

    M. Abbrescia, A. Regano & F. Romano

  2. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy

    S. Aiola, P. La Rocca, F. Librizzi & F. Riggi

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    R. Antolini, F. Coccetti, E. Coccia, A. Di Giovanni, M. D’Incecco, C. Gustavino, R. Moro & L. Votano

  4. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    C. Avanzini, E. Bossini, M. Massai, R. Paoletti, F. Pilo, A. Scribano & G. Spandre

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  6. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Frascati (RM), Italy

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  7. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    E. Bressan, L. Cifarelli, M. Garbini, D. Hatzifotiadou, H. Menghetti, G. Sartorelli, E. Scapparone, M. Selvi, M. C. S. Williams & A. Zichichi

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Abbrescia, M., Aiola, S., Antolini, R. et al. Observation of the February 2011 Forbush decrease by the EEE telescopes. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 126, 61 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2011-11061-5

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