Published April 5, 1991 | Version v1
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An upward-going muon background estimation

Creators

  • 1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, (USA)
  • 2. I.N.F.N., Sezione di Napoli Mostra d'Oltremare, Pad. 20, 80125 Napoli, Italy (Italy)
  • 3. I.N.F.N., Sezione di Napoli, Mostra d'Oltremare, Pad. 80125 Napoli, Italy and Universita di Napoli, 80125, Napoli, Italy (Italy)

Description

A technique has been suggested for constructing above-ground detectors of upward-going muons produced by neutrinos. We have calculated the background in such a detector from cosmic ray muons which pass undergound, scatter, and emerge from the ground traveling upwards. Except for the region within about 15 degree of the horizon, this background is smaller than the unavoidable background from underground interactions of atmospheric neutrinos. The single and plural scattering of nuclei, and elastic and inelastic scattering of muons on nucleons. The background from scattered cosmic ray hadrons was also estimated and found to be small compared with that from backscattered muons

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
220
Journal Issue
1
Series
AIP Conf. Proc.
Journal Page Range
189-193
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPC

Conference

Title
International conference on high energy gamma ray astronomy.
Dates
2-5 Oct 1990.
Place
Ann Arbor, MI (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22074753
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMIC MUONS; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; COULOMB SCATTERING; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ENERGY LOSSES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEV RANGE; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUON DETECTION
Descriptors DEC
BASIC INTERACTIONS; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA; DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; INFORMATION; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MUONS; NEUTRINOS; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-9010289--.