Published May 21, 2012 | Version v1
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A method for detection of muon induced electromagnetic showers with the ANTARES detector

Creators

  • 1. IFIC—Instituto de Física Corpuscular, Edificios Investigación de Paterna, CSIC—Universitat de València, Apdo. de Correos 22085, 46071 Valencia (Spain)
  • 2. CPPM—Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, CNRS/IN2P3 et Université de la Méditerranée, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case 902, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9 (France)
  • 3. GRPHE—Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, 34 rue du Grillenbreit BP 50568—68008 Colmar (France)
  • 4. Technical University of Catalonia, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Rambla Exposició, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 5. INFN—Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova (Italy)
  • 6. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)
  • 7. Direction des Sciences de la Matière—Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers—Service d'Electronique des Détecteurs et d'Informatique, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
  • 8. Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de Zones Costaneres (IGIC)—Universitat Politècnica de València. C/ Paranimf 1, 46730 Gandia (Spain)
  • 9. Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Description

The primary aim of ANTARES is neutrino astronomy with upward going muons created in charged current muon neutrino interactions in the detector and its surroundings. Downward going muons are background for neutrino searches. These muons are the decay products of cosmic-ray collisions in the Earth's atmosphere far above the detector. This paper presents a method to identify and count electromagnetic showers induced along atmospheric muon tracks with the ANTARES detector. The method is applied to both cosmic muon data and simulations and its applicability to the reconstruction of muon event energies is demonstrated.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.01.060

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2012.01.060;
arXiv
arXiv:1106.0426v2;
PII
S0168-9002(12)00117-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
675
Journal Page Range
p. 56-62
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44115850
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CHARGED CURRENTS; COSMIC MUONS; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; DETECTION; NEUTRINO-MUON INTERACTIONS; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE TRACKS
Descriptors DEC
ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; COSMIC RADIATION; CURRENTS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOTOPES; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MUONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION

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Copyright
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