Detection of GLE of December 13, 2006, using the muon hodoscope
GLE of December 13, 2006, is analyzed based on the data of the muon hodoscope located at MEPhI (Moscow). The setup supermodules registered that the muon flux intensity started increasing at 0254 UTC. An increase at a maximum (0300 UTC) was 0.61 ± 0.09% (for the 10-min data), which is larger than six standard deviations. The detection of the muon flux in the hodoscope mode for the first time made it possible to obtain the two-dimensional images of an increase in the muon flux. A comparison of the muon hodoscope and neutron monitor data makes it possible to conclude that the muon event was caused by a highly collimated bunch of the solar proton fast component.