Published February 1, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Fluxes of atmospheric muons underwater depending on the small-x gluon density

  • 1. Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 2. Irkutsk State University (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Hirosaki University (Japan)

Description

The prompt muon contribution to the deep-sea atmospheric muon flux can serve as a tool for probing into the small-x feature of the gluon density inside of a nucleon, if the muon energy threshold could be lifted to 100 TeV. The prompt muon flux underwater is calculated taking into consideration predictions of recent charm production models in which the small-x behaviour of the gluon distribution is probed. We discuss the possibility of distinguishing the PQCD models of the charm production differing in the small-x exponent of the gluon distribution, in measurements of the muon flux at energies 10-100 TeV with neutrino telescopes

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/29/387/g30214.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (ISSN 1361-6471) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 387-394
ISSN
0954-3899
CODEN
JPGPED