Authors: Chloe Heifner (University of Delaware)

Neutron monitors are ground based detectors that indirectly observe the cosmic ray flux through detection of secondary particles produced in air showers. Recent upgrades to neutron monitor electronics have allowed for increased timing capabilities, which have provided the ability to observe a new category of events called “catch” events. In order to better understand what causes catch events, data was collected using neutron monitors and scintillators in coincidence. To analyze this data, a reconstruction code to determine the arrival direction of the air shower detected by both the scintillators and the neutron monitor is being developed.  By correcting for the slant depth of the total energy deposited in the scintillators, a cleaner relationship between energy density of incident air showers and catch event characteristics can be deduced.