Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector

We have measured directly the residual energy of cosmic ray muons crossing the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. For this measurement we have used a transition radiation detector consisting of three identical modules, each of about 12 m^2 area, operating in the energy region from 100 GeV...

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Autor principal: Ambrosio, M
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1998
Materias:
Astrophysics and Astronomy
Particle Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00037-1
http://cds.cern.ch/record/359423
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author Ambrosio, M
author_facet Ambrosio, M
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description We have measured directly the residual energy of cosmic ray muons crossing the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. For this measurement we have used a transition radiation detector consisting of three identical modules, each of about 12 m^2 area, operating in the energy region from 100 GeV to 1 TeV. The results presented here were obtained with the first module collecting data for more than two years. The average single muon energy is found to be 320 +/- 4 (stat.) +/- 11 (syst.) GeV in the rock depth range 3000-6500 hg/cm^2. The results are in agreement with calculations of the energy loss of muons in the rock above the detector.
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spelling cern-3594232019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00037-1http://cds.cern.ch/record/359423engAmbrosio, MMeasurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detectorAstrophysics and AstronomyParticle Physics - ExperimentWe have measured directly the residual energy of cosmic ray muons crossing the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. For this measurement we have used a transition radiation detector consisting of three identical modules, each of about 12 m^2 area, operating in the energy region from 100 GeV to 1 TeV. The results presented here were obtained with the first module collecting data for more than two years. The average single muon energy is found to be 320 +/- 4 (stat.) +/- 11 (syst.) GeV in the rock depth range 3000-6500 hg/cm^2. The results are in agreement with calculations of the energy loss of muons in the rock above the detector.hep-ex/9807009INFN-AE-98-15oai:cds.cern.ch:3594231998-07-10
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
Particle Physics - Experiment
Ambrosio, M
Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector
title Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector
title_full Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector
title_fullStr Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector
title_short Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector
title_sort measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at gran sasso with a transition radiation detector
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
Particle Physics - Experiment
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00037-1
http://cds.cern.ch/record/359423
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