VERTICAL MUON INTENSITY MEASURED WITH MACRO AT THE GRAN SASSO LABORATORY

Authors
AMBROSIO M ANTOLINI R AURIEMMA G BAKER R BALDINI A BARBARINO GC BARISH BC BATTISTONI G BELLOTTI R BEMPORAD C BERNARDINI P BILOKON H BISI V BLOISE C BOWER C BUSSINO S CAFAGNA F CALICCHIO M CAMPANA D CARBONI M CASTELLANO M CECCHINI S CEI F CELIO P CHIARELLA V CORONA A COUTU S DECATALDO G DEKHISSI H DEMARZO C DEMITRI I DEVINCENZI M DICREDICO A ERRIQUEZ O FAVUZZI C FORTI C FUSCO P GIACOMELLI G GIANNINI G GIGLIETTO N GRASSI M GRILLO A GUARINO F GUARNACCIA P GUSTAVINO C HABIG A KANSON K HAWTHORNE A HEINZ R HONG JT IAROCCI E KATSAVOUNIDIS E KEARNS E KYRIAZOPOULOU S LAMANNA E LANE C LEVIN DS LIPARI P LIU R LONGLEY NP LONGO MJ LU Y LUDLAM G MANCARELLA G MANDRIOLI G MARGIOTTANERI A MARINI A MARTELLO D MARZARICHIESA A MAZZIOTTA MN MICHAEL DG MIKHEYEV S MILLER L MITTELBRUNN M MONACELLI P MONTARULI T MONTENO M MUFSON S MUSSER J NICOLO D NOLTY R OKADA C ORTH C OSTERIA G PALAMARA O PARLATI S PATERA V PATRIZII L PAZZI R PECK CW PETRERA S PIGNATANO ND PISTILLI P POPA V RAINO A REYNOLDSON J RONGA F SANZGIRI A SARTOGO F SATRIANO C SATTA L SCAPPARONE E SCHOLBERG K SCIUBBA A SERRALUGARESI P SEVERI M SITTA M SPINELLI P SPINETTI M SPURIO M STEINBERG R STONE JL SULAK LR SURDO A TARLE G TASSONI F TOGO V VALENTE V WALTER CW WEBB R
Citation
M. Ambrosio et al., VERTICAL MUON INTENSITY MEASURED WITH MACRO AT THE GRAN SASSO LABORATORY, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 52(7), 1995, pp. 3793-3802
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
52
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3793 - 3802
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1995)52:7<3793:VMIMWM>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The vertical underground muon intensity has been measured in the slant depth range 3200-7000 hg cm(-2) (standard rock) with the completed lo wer part of the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso laboratory, using a l arge sample of data. These observations are used to compute the surfac e muon flux and the primary ''all-nucleon'' spectrum. An analysis of s ystematic uncertainties introduced by the interaction models in the at mosphere and the underground propagation of muons is presented.