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How does the altitude of the detectors affect the flux studies of the detector? Cosmic rays come from the sun, which is above us. This leads me to believe that the higher the altitude of the detector the larger the flux. This is because the detector will then be closer to the sun, which is the origin of the cosmic rays.

I plan on taking 6 different detectors all at different altitudes. Then I will look at their flux studies for three specific days. I will take the lowest and highest points and plot them on two seperate graphs. Either the flux will rise with altitude or fall. Also it may be discovered that altitude does not affect the flux at all.