We 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. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. RI Aramo, Carla/D-4317-2011; Cafagna, Francesco/A-9299-2010; Spurio, Maurizio/G-4170-2012; Lamanna, Ernesto/C-7658-2012; giglietto, nicola/I-8951-2012

Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector / Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.c., Barish, B.c., 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., et al.. - In: ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0927-6505. - 10:1(1999), pp. 11-20. [10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00037-1]

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

CASTELLANO, Marcello;FAVUZZI, Cecilia;GIGLIETTO, Nicola;
1999

Abstract

We 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. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. RI Aramo, Carla/D-4317-2011; Cafagna, Francesco/A-9299-2010; Spurio, Maurizio/G-4170-2012; Lamanna, Ernesto/C-7658-2012; giglietto, nicola/I-8951-2012
1999
Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector / Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.c., Barish, B.c., 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., et al.. - In: ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0927-6505. - 10:1(1999), pp. 11-20. [10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00037-1]
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