Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector

dc.creatorThe MACRO Collaboration
dc.creatoral, M. Ambrosio et
dc.date1998-07-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:46:53Z
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dc.descriptionWe have measured directly the residual energy of cosmic ray muons crossing the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. For this measurement we have used a transition radiation detector consisting of three identical modules, each of about 12 m^2 area, operating in the energy region from 100 GeV to 1 TeV. The results presented here were obtained with the first module collecting data for more than two years. The average single muon energy is found to be 320 +/- 4 (stat.) +/- 11 (syst.) GeV in the rock depth range 3000-6500 hg/cm^2. The results are in agreement with calculations of the energy loss of muons in the rock above the detector.
dc.description21 pages with 9 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9807009
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9807009
dc.identifierAstropart.Phys.10:11-20,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00037-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/202382
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleMeasurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector
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