Published February 1, 2003
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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/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/29/387/g30214.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- PII
- S0954-3899(03)52569-5;
Publishing Information
- 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34021438
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHARM PARTICLES; GLUON MODEL; GLUONS; MUONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE KINEMATICS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE STRUCTURE; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; TEV RANGE
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HADRONS; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY