Studying High $p_T$ Muons in Cosmic-Ray Air Showers

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dc.creatorKlein, Spencer R.
dc.date2006-12-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:20:48Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:20:48Z
dc.descriptionMost cosmic-ray air shower arrays have focused on detecting electromagnetic shower particles and low energy muons. A few groups (most notably MACRO + EASTOP and SPASE + AMANDA) have studied the high energy muon component of showers. However, these experiments had small solid angles, and did not study muons far from the core. The IceTop + IceCube combination, with its 1 km$^2$ muon detection area can study muons far from the shower core. IceCube can measure their energy loss ($dE/dx$), and hence their energy. With the energy, and the known distribution of production heights, the transverse momentum ($p_T$) spectrum of high $p_T$ muons can be determined. The production of these muons is calculable in perturbative QCD, so the measured muon spectra can be used to probe the composition of incident cosmic-rays.
dc.description4 pages, presented at the XIV International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2006), WeiHai, China
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612051
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612051
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.175-176:346-349,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.11.028
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194076
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.subjectNuclear Experiment
dc.titleStudying High $p_T$ Muons in Cosmic-Ray Air Showers
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