A measurement of the cosmic-ray muon flux with a module of the NESTOR neutrino telescope

被引：75

作者：

Aggouras, G

Anassontzis, EG

Ball, AE

Bourlis, G

Chinowsky, W

Fahrun, E

Grammatikakis, G

Green, C

Grieder, P

Katrivanos, P

Koske, P

Leisos, A

Markopoulos, E

Minkowsky, P

Nygren, D

Papageorgiou, K

Przybylski, G

Resvanis, LK

Siotis, I

Sopher, J

Staveris-Polikalas, A

Tsagli, V

Tsirigotis, A

Zhukov, VA

机构：

[1] Univ Athens, Dept Phys, GR-15771 Athens, Greece

[2] Univ Bern, Inst Phys, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

[3] Univ Bern, Inst Theoret Phys, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

[4] CERN, European Org Nucl Res, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland

[5] Univ Crete, Dept Phys, Iraklion, Greece

[6] Hellen Open Univ, Sch Sci & Technol, Patras, Greece

[7] Univ Kiel, Inst Expt & Appl Phys, D-24098 Kiel, Germany

[8] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA USA

[9] NCSR Demokritos, GR-15310 Athens, Greece

[10] NESTOR Inst Deep Sea Res, Pylos, Greece

[11] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow, Russia

来源：

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2005年 / 23卷 / 04期

关键词：

neutrino; telescope; deep-sea; NESTOR; muon flux;

D O I：

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.02.001

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

A module of the NESTOR underwater neutrino telescope was deployed at a depth of 3800 m in order to test the overall detector performance and particularly that of the data acquisition systems. A prolonged period of running under stable operating conditions made it possible to measure the cosmic ray muon flux, I-0 (.) cos(alpha)(theta), as a function of the zenith angle theta. Measured values of index alpha and the vertical intensity I-0 (Graphics) are in good agreement with previous measurements and phenomenological predictions. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：377 / 392

页数：16

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