Earth magnetic field as analyzer of the cosmic ray ion charge in MONICA experiment

The future onboard experiment MONICA (monitor of cosmic ray nuclei and ions) is aimed for studying the cosmic ray ion fluxes from H to Ni in the energy range 10-300 MeV/n in vicinity of Earth. It's main scientific objective is the measurement of ion ionization states, as well as elemental, isotope composition and energy spectra of Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) fluxes. The method of the ion ionization state measurement based on the usage of Earth magnetic field as a separator of particle charge will be utilized in this experiment. The present contribution is dedicated to investigate the possibilities and features of this method for the MONICA experiment. The real time dependences of inverse square of cut-off geomagnetic L-shell (L_C^-2) on magnetic rigidity (R) in rigidity range 640-2780 MV were studied experimentally during powerful SEP events December 13-15 2006. The possibility to simulate these dependences using the modern geomagnetic field models is analyzed as well. (paper)