Author:
Romanov N. P.,Alekseeva A. V.,Vasilyeva M. A.,Dubtsov S. N.,Ivanov V. N.,Ozols O. I.,Paley A. A.,Pisanko Yu. V.,Sakhibgareev D. G.
Abstract
Abstract—
The results of experiments in the Large Aerosol Chamber of RPA Typhoon revealed the appearance of new aerosol particles larger than 15 nm in an aerosol-free volume of atmospheric air isolated from the external environment in darkness 20 min after the air purification. The generation of new particles is associated with the possible presence of precursor gases in the atmospheric air, which, under the influence of cosmic rays penetrating into the chamber, turn into aerosols. The experimentally observed evolution (over several days) of the size spectrum of the resulting particles shows that the generation of new aerosol particles lasts no more than 20 hours. During the evolution, the particles become larger and reach more than 100 nm size. After repeated purification of the air inside the chamber with the removal of newly generated aerosols, no new particles were detected for 10 days.
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