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Cosmic Ray research on Mt. Aragats began in 1934 with the measurements of East-West anisotropy by the group from Leningrad Physical-Technical Institute and Norair Kocharian from Yerevan State University. Stimulated by the results of their experiments, in 1942 Artem and Abraham Alikhanian brothers organized a scientific expedition to Aragats. Since that time physicists were studying Cosmic Ray fluxes on Mt. Aragats with various particle detectors: mass spectrometers, calorimeters, transition radiation detectors, and huge particle detector arrays registering protons and nuclei accelerated in most violent explosions in Galaxy. Latest activities at Mt. Aragats include Space Weather research with networks of particle detectors located in Armenia and abroad, and detectors of Space Education center in Yerevan.
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Chilingarian, A.A., Mirzoyan, R.G. & Zazyan, M.Z. Cosmic Ray research in Armenia. J. Contemp. Phys. 44, 219–230 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S106833720905003X
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