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The observation of up-going charged particles produced by high energy muons in underground detectors

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Ambrosio, M; Antolini, R; Aramo, C; Auriemma, G; Baldini, A; Barbarino, GC; Barish, BC; Battistoni, G; Bellotti, R; Bemporad, C; Bernardini, P ...
Published in: Astroparticle Physics
January 1, 1998

An experimental study of the production of up-going charged particles in inelastic interactions of down-going underground muons is reported, using data obtained from the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. In a sample of 12.2 x 106 single muons, corresponding to a detector lifetime of 1.55y, 243 events are observed having an up-going particle associated with a down-going muon. These events are analysed to determine the range and emission angle distributions of the up-going particle, corrected for detection and reconstruction efficiency. Measurements of the muon neutrino flux by underground detectors are often based on the observation of through-going and stopping muons produced in νμ interactions in the rock below the detector. Up-going particles produced by an undetected down-going muon are a potential background source in these measurements. The implications of this background for neutrino studies using MACRO are discussed. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.

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Astroparticle Physics

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0927-6505

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

9

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2

Start / End Page

105 / 117

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G. C., … Scapparone, E. (1998). The observation of up-going charged particles produced by high energy muons in underground detectors. Astroparticle Physics, 9(2), 105–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00010-3
Ambrosio, M., R. Antolini, C. Aramo, G. Auriemma, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, et al. “The observation of up-going charged particles produced by high energy muons in underground detectors.” Astroparticle Physics 9, no. 2 (January 1, 1998): 105–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00010-3.
Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Aramo C, Auriemma G, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, et al. The observation of up-going charged particles produced by high energy muons in underground detectors. Astroparticle Physics. 1998 Jan 1;9(2):105–17.
Ambrosio, M., et al. “The observation of up-going charged particles produced by high energy muons in underground detectors.” Astroparticle Physics, vol. 9, no. 2, Jan. 1998, pp. 105–17. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00010-3.
Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Aramo C, Auriemma G, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bisi V, Bloise C, Bower C, Bussino S, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Carboni M, Castellano M, Cecchini S, Cei F, Chiarella V, Coutu S, Cunti G, de Benedictis L, de Cataldo G, Dekhissi H, de Marzo C, de Mitri I, de Vincenzi M, di Credico A, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Giacomelli G, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Grassi M, Gray L, Grillo A, Guarino F, Guarnaccia P, Gustavino C, Habig A, Hanson K, Hawthorne A, Heinz R, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Kearns E, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane C, Levin DS, Lipari P, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Manzoor S, Margiotta Neri A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari-Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Mazzotta C, Michael DG, Mikheyev S, Miller L, Monacelli P, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mufson S, Musser J, Nicoló D, Nolty R, Okada C, Orth C, Osteria G, Palamara O, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Petrera S, Pistilli P, Popa V, Pugliese V, Rainó A, Reynoldson J, Ronga F, Rubizzo U, Sanzgiri A, Satriano C, Satta L, Scapparone E. The observation of up-going charged particles produced by high energy muons in underground detectors. Astroparticle Physics. 1998 Jan 1;9(2):105–117.
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Published In

Astroparticle Physics

DOI

ISSN

0927-6505

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

9

Issue

2

Start / End Page

105 / 117

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences