Published June 1, 1986
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Journal article
Muon production by photons from Cygnus X-3
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302
Description
We perform an analytic calculation of TeV-muon production by photons interacting in the atmosphere. The model used contains all the relevant physical properties of this system. We derive several useful approximate scaling relations for muon production. Using the measured photon spectrum from Cygnus X-3 we predict a rate of 2.2 x 10-13 events/cm2 sec for muon energies exceeding 0.6 TeV, a factor of 320 below the recent Soudan measurement
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 33
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 3279-3282
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17071179
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL FRAGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUONS; PHOTONS; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS; PHOTOPRODUCTION; PIONS; TEV RANGE
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; COSMIC SHOWERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MESONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS