A NEW METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE ENERGY-SPECTRUM OF COSMIC-RAY MUONS UNDER THICK LAYERS OF MATTER

Authors
NAUMOV VA SINEGOVSKY SI BUGAEV EV
Citation
Va. Naumov et al., A NEW METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE ENERGY-SPECTRUM OF COSMIC-RAY MUONS UNDER THICK LAYERS OF MATTER, Physics of atomic nuclei, 57(3), 1994, pp. 412-424
Citations number
70
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physics of atomic nuclei → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637788
Volume
57
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
412 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7788(1994)57:3<412:ANMFCT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
An effective analytical method for solving the transport equation for the energy spectrum of cosmic ray muons at large depths of homogeneous media is developed. It makes it possible to consider an arbitrary (de creasing) muon spectrum at the medium boundary and the real energy dep endence of both discrete (radiative and photonuclear) and continuous ( ionization) muon energy losses with regard for reasonable requirements on the high-energy behavior of the initial spectrum and differential cross sections of the muon-matter interactions.