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Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with a 4 GeV threshold in the ANTARES neutrino telescope

B. BaretH. YepesEberl12 ThomasL. TascaS. LoucatosPatrick LamareA. C.s. Assis JesusS. BasaTri L. AstraatmadjaM. ArdidS. BiagiS. BiagiP. PayreHans Van HarenS. AnvarA. AlbertD. ZaborovV. BertinM. RujoiuStephanie EscoffierR. OstaschI. DekeyserI. DekeyserF. LucarelliF. LucarelliThierry PradierF. FehrA. M. BrownD. Lo PrestiVecchi8 ManuelaManuela VecchiJ-j. AubertTh. StolarczykG.e. PăvălaşJuanan AguilarMontaruli26 TeresaTeresa MontaruliR. AuerKouchner16 AntoineC. PicqDamien DornicJos SteijgerG. WijnkerJ.d. ZornozaM. P. DecowskiY. HelloY. HelloDominique LefèvreDominique LefèvreGuillaume LambardAlexander KappesC. RichardtJose BustoC. NaumannS. ManganoF. M. SchoeckJ. CarrG. LelaizantM. NeffAnne DeschampsAnne DeschampsOleg KalekinAlain MazureJ.a. Martínez-moraJ. HoesslTamburini ChristianChristian TamburiniAntonio CaponeAntonio CaponeSpurio18 MaurizioMaurizio SpurioE. CastorinaE. CastorinaE. WolfJ. ZúñigaA.j. HeijboerJ. PetrovicC. RaccaKay GrafPh. CharvisPh. CharvisV. FlaminioV. FlaminioG. GiacomelliG. GiacomelliG. PalioselitisM. MarcelinV. Van ElewyckDoriane DrouhinN. Picot-clementeE. PresaniB. HeroldChiarusi18 TommasoC. KopperJürgen BrunnerV. PopaU. FritschJ. P. SchullerH. CostantiniA. RaduManuel Bou-caboFrancesco SimeoneRobert LahmannR. ConiglioneRezo ShanidzeCiro BigongiariNasser Kalantar-nayestanakiGregory David HallewellU. EmanueleU. F. KatzVincenzo CavasinniVincenzo CavasinniC. DistefanoR. PilletR. PilletM.c. BouwhuisM. JongJ.-l. FudaJ.-l. FudaK. FratiniK. FratiniPiera SapienzaM. BazzottiM. BazzottiCamarena14 FranciscoAnnarita MargiottaAnnarita MargiottaJuan José HernándezI. Al SamaraiAnton12 GiselaG. LimN. Chon SenC. DonzaudC. DonzaudG. CarminatiG. CarminatiPiattelli27 PaoloF. SalesaH. LoehnerM. CircellaJ.-p. ErnenweinG. HalladjianP. VerninC. CârloganuB. VallageV. RussoG. GuillardHolger MotzN. CottiniM. MorgantiM. MorgantiSimona ToscanoP. CoyleH. LaschinskyP.m. KooijmanP.m. KooijmanG. De BonisG. De BonisGiuseppina LarosaW. KretschmerC. M. ReedC. M. ReedC. CurtilJ. P. Gómez-gonzálezM. AnghinolfiL. MoscosoS. CecchiniS. Cecchini

subject

PhotomultiplierPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAtmospheric muonsFOS: Physical sciencesLINECosmic rayPotassium-4001 natural sciencesParticle detectorNuclear physicsPOTASSIUM-40NEUTRINO TELESCOPESatmospheric muons; depth intensity relation; potassium-400103 physical sciencesDepth intensity relation14. Life underwater010306 general physicsInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)ATMOSPHERIC MUONSPhysicsHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)010308 nuclear & particles physicsPotassium-40DetectorAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsPERFORMANCEDEPTH INTENSITY RELATIONLIGHTNeutrino detector13. Climate actionddc:540Física nuclearHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]SYSTEMLepton

description

A new method for the measurement of the muon flux in the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope and its dependence on the depth is presented. The method is based on the observation of coincidence signals in adjacent storeys of the detector. This yields an energy threshold of about 4 GeV. The main sources of optical background are the decay of 40K and the bioluminescence in the sea water. The 40K background is used to calibrate the efficiency of the photo-multiplier tubes.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-03-01
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.12.002http://hdl.handle.net/11585/84502