Measurement of the atmospheric muon spectrum from 20 to 3000 GeV

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 01 Sep 2004Embargo end date: 01 Aug 2004 Germany, Switzerland, Italy, United States, Netherlands, Netherlands, Argentina, Argentina, Switzerland, Netherlands, Netherlands, Switzerland, Switzerland English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Physics Letters B, volume 598, pages 15-32 (issn: 0370-2693,

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Authors: Achard, P.; Adriani, O.; Aguilar Benitez, M.; van den Akker, M.; Alcaraz, J.; Alemanni, G.; Allaby, J.; +193 Authors

Achard, P.; Adriani, O.; Aguilar Benitez, M.; van den Akker, M.; Alcaraz, J.; Alemanni, G.; Allaby, J.; Aloisio, A.; Alviggi, M. G.; Anderhub, H.; Andreev, V. P.; Anselmo, F.; Arefiev, A.; Azemoon, T.; Aziz, T.; Bagnaia, P.; Bajo, A.; Baksay, G.; Baksay, L.; Bähr, J.; Baldew, S. V.; Banerjee, S.; Banerjee, S.w.; Barczyk, A.; Barillère, R.; Bartalini, P.; Basile, M.; Batalova, N.; Battiston, R.; Bay, A.; Becattini, F.; Becker, U.; Behner, F.; Bellucci, L.; Berbeco, R.; Berdugo, J.; Berges, P.; Bertucci, B.; Betev, B. L.; Biasini, M.; Biglietti, M.; Biland, A.; Blaising, J. J.; Blyth, S. C.; Bobbink, G. J.; Böhm, A.; Boldizsar, L.; Borgia, B.; Bottai, S.; Bourilkov, D.; Bourquin, M.; Braccini, S.; Branson, J. G.; Brochu, F.; Burger, J. D.; Burger, W. J.; Cai, X. D.; Capell, M.; Cara Romeo, G.; Carlino, G.; Cartacci, A.; Casaus, J.; Cavallari, F.; Cavallo, N.; Cecchi, C.; Cerrada, M.; Chamizo, M.; Chiarusi, T.; Chang, Y. H.; Chemarin, M.; Chen, A.; Chen, G.; Chen, G. M.; Chen, H. F.; Chen, H. S.; Chiefari, G.; Cifarelli, L.; Cindolo, F.; Clare, I.; Clare, R.; Coignet, G.; Colino, N.; Costantini, S.; de La Cruz, B.; Cucciarelli, S.; van Dalen, J. A.; de Asmundis, R.; Déglon, P.; Debreczeni, J.; Degré, A.; Dehmelt, K.; Deiters, K.; della Volpe, D.; Delmeire, E.; Denes, P.; Denotaristefani, F.; de Salvo, A.; Diemoz, M.; Dierckxsens, M.; Ding, L. K.; Dionisi, C.; Dittmar, M.; Doria, A.; Dova, M. T.; Duchesneau, D.; Duda, M.; Duran, I.; Echenard, B.; Eline, A.; El Hage, A.; El Mamouni, H.; Engler, A.; Eppling, F. J.; Extermann, P.; Faber, G.; Falagan, M. A.; Falciano, S.; Favara, A.; Fay, J.; Fedin, O.; Felcini, M.; Ferguson, T.; Fesefeldt, H.; Fiandrini, E.; Field, J. H.; Filthaut, F.; Fisher, W.; Fisk, I.; Forconi, G.; Freudenreich, K.; Furetta, C.; Galaktionov, Y.u.; Ganguli, S. N.; Garcia Abia, P.; Gataullin, M.; Gentile, S.; Giagu, S.; Gong, Z. F.; Grabosch, H. J.; Grenier, G.; Grimm, O.; Groenstege, H.; Gruenewald, M. W.; Guida, M.; Guo, Y. N.; Gupta, S.; Gupta, V. K.; Gurtu, A.; Gutay, L. J.; Haas, D.; Haller, C.h.; Hatzifotiadou, D.; Hayashi, Y.; He, Z. X.; Hebbeker, T.; Hervé, A.; Hirschfelder, J.; Hofer, H.; Hofer, H.; Hohlmann, M.; Holzner, G.; Hou, S. R.; Huo, A. X.; Hu, Y.; Ito, N.; Jin, B. N.; Jing, C. L.; Jones, L. W.; de Jong, P.; Josa Mutuberría, I.; Kantserov, V.; Kaur, M.; Kawakami, S.; Kienzle Focacci, M. N.; Kim, J. K.; Kirkby, J.; Kittel, W.; Klimentov, A.; König, A. C.; Kok, E.; Korn, A.; Kopal, M.; Koutsenko, V.; Kräber, M.; Kuang, H. H.; Kraemer, R. W.; Krüger, A.; Kuijpers, J.; Kunin, A.; Ladron de Guevara, P.; Laktineh, I.; Landi, G.; Lebeau, M.; Lebedev, A.; Lebrun, P.; Lecomte, P.; Lecoq, P.; Le Coultre, P.; Le Goff, J. M.; Lei, Y.;

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.08.003 , 10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0408114 , 10.3929/ethz-b-000040920

arXiv: hep-ex/0408114

handle: https://repository.ubn.ru.nl/handle/2066/57256 , 11588/417920 , 11245/1.424373 , 2066/57256 , 10281/12188 , 11336/72636 , 11572/32743 , 11386/1002669 , 11573/230981 , 11391/26738 , 11585/9241 , psi:44772 , 20.500.11850/40920 , 20.500.14299/56875 , 2158/395283 , 11563/8288

Measurement of the atmospheric muon spectrum from 20 to 3000 GeV

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The absolute muon flux between 20 GeV and 3000 GeV is measured with the L3 magnetic muon spectrometer for zenith angles ranging from 0 degree to 58 degree. Due to the large exposure of about 150 m2 sr d, and the excellent momentum resolution of the L3 muon chambers, a precision of 2.3 % at 150 GeV in the vertical direction is achieved. The ratio of positive to negative muons is studied between 20 GeV and 500 GeV, and the average vertical muon charge ratio is found to be 1.285 +- 0.003 (stat.) +- 0.019 (syst.).

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Keywords

neutrino flux;, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, CERN Lab, L3,CERN-LEP-L3, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, 530, cosmic radiation: momentum spectrum, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Atmospheric muon spectrum, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), pair production;, Theoretical High Energy Physics, muon; cosmic radiation; momentum spectrum; angular dependence; magnetic detector; l3; cern lab, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3, detector;, high-energy;, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1, info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530, Cosmic rays, muon+ muon-: ratio, High-energy hadronic interactions, tables, Física, sea-level;, angular dependence, L3, Experimental High Energy Physics, muon: cosmic radiation, intensities;, program, cosmic radiation: flux, 500.2, experimental results

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