Obtaining a History of the Flux of Cosmic Rays using In Situ Cosmogenic ${}^{14}$C Trapped in Polar Ice

Segev BenZvi, Vasilii V. Petrenko, Benjamin Hmiel +4

Carbon-14 (${}^{14}$C) is produced in the atmosphere when neutrons from cosmic-ray air showers are captured by ${}^{14}$N nuclei. Atmospheric ${}^{14}$C becomes trapped in air bubbles in…