COINCIDENT OBSERVATION OF AIR CERENKOV LIGHT BY A SURFACE ARRAY AND MUON BUNDLES BY A DEEP UNDERGROUND DETECTOR

Authors
AMBROSIO M ANTOLINI R AURIEMMA G BAKER R BALDINI A BAM B 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 CORONA A CECCHINI S CEI F CHIARELLA V CORMACK R COUTU S DECATALDO G DEKHISSI H DEMARZO C DEVINCENZI M DICREDICO A DIEHL E ERRIQUEZ O FAVUZZI C FORTI C FUSCO P GIACOMELLI G GIANNINI G GIGLIETTO N GRASSI M GREEN P GRILLO A GUARINO F GUARNACCIA P GUSTAVINO C HABIG A HEINZ R HONG JT IAROCCI E KATSAVOUNIDIS E KEARNS E KERTZMAN M KYRIAZOPOULOU S LAMANNA E LANE C LEE C LEVIN DS LIPARI P LIU G LIU R LONGO MJ LU Y LUDLAM G MANCARELLA G MANDRIOLI G MARGIOTTANERI A MARIN A MARINI A MARTELLO D CHIESA AM MICHAEL DG MIKHEYEV S MILLER L MITTLEBRUNN M MONACELLI P MONTENO M MUFSON S MUSSER J NICOLO D NOLTY R NUTTER S OKADA C OSTERIA G PALAMARA O PARLATI S PATERA V PATRIZII L PAVESI B PAZZI R PECK CW PETRAKIS J PETRERA S PIGNATANO ND PISTILLI P PREDIERI F REYNOLDSON J RONGA F SANZANI G SANZGIRI A SATRIANO C SATTA L SCAPPARONE E SCHOLBERG K SCIUBBA A SEMBROSKI G LUGARESI PS SEVERI M SITTA M SPINELLI P SPINETTI M SPURIO M STEELE J STEINBERG R STONE JL SULAK LR SURDO A TARLE G TOGO V VALENTE V WAITER CW WEBB R WORSTELL W
Citation
M. Ambrosio et al., COINCIDENT OBSERVATION OF AIR CERENKOV LIGHT BY A SURFACE ARRAY AND MUON BUNDLES BY A DEEP UNDERGROUND DETECTOR, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 50(5), 1994, pp. 3046-3058
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3046 - 3058
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1994)50:5<3046:COOACL>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report on the simultaneous observation of atmospheric Cerenkov ligh t by a prototype five telescope array, GRACE (Gran Sasso Air Cerenkov Experiment) with deep underground muons in the MACRO (Monopole Astroph ysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory). The telescope array was deployed at Campo Imperatore above the Gran Sasso Laboratory for a run completed in the fall of 1992. The total live time for the combined surface-unde rground operation was similar to 100 h during which more than 300 even ts were seen in coincidence. The efficacy of this technique to monitor the electromagnetic and penetrating muon components of a cosmic-ray-i nduced cascade is discussed.