Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors

Autor:	A. Schreckenberger, M. C. Sanchez, R. B. Pahlka, Carlos Escobar, S. Phan-Budd, A. Sousa, M. Bishai, N. E. Devenish, R. K. Plunkett, A. Holin, D. Cronin-Hennessy, M. V. Diwan, Warner A. Miller, A. V. Devan, M. Orchanian, J. Urheim, P. Gouffon, J. K. De Jong, K. Grzelak, X. Qiu, G. Koizumi, B. Viren, S. R. Mishra, S. Moed Sher, P. Schreiner, R. L. Talaga, N. Tagg, R. Toner, D. Torretta, Joao A B Coelho, B. Rebel, G.D. Barr, Junwei Huang, R. Zwaska, J. A. Nowak, W. A. Mann, A. Perch, J. K. Nelson, E. Falk, J. Hartnell, Scott Osprey, Gregory J Pawloski, P. Lucas, A. E. Kreymer, D. A. Jensen, Juergen Thomas, C. James, R. Gran, H. A. Rubin, S. V. Cao, H. R. Gallagher, M. D. Messier, R. A. Gomes, J. Schneps, Marvin L Marshak, J. J. Evans, J. A. Musser, S. R. Hahn, Christopher G. White, J. M. Paley, N. Mayer, L. H. Whitehead, C. Rosenfeld, G. J. Bock, I. Anghel, P. J. Litchfield, Karol Lang, P. Adamson, Harvey B Newman, Z. Isvan, L. Mualem, N. Poonthottathil, S. M. S. Kasahara, T. Kafka, X. Tian, R. C. Webb, C. L. McGivern, R. J. Nichol, R. Mehdiyev, J. R. Meier, M. A. Thomson, D. Naples, N. Graf, M. Kordosky, C. M. Castromonte, G. M. Irwin, Andrew Blake, Alec Habig, A. C. Weber, A. Timmons, Stanley G. Wojcicki, G. J. Feldman, R. Hatcher, J. O'Connor, J. Hylen, A. Radovic, M. C. Goodman, P. Vahle, D. Bogert, A. Aurisano, Leigh H. Whitehead, S. C. Tognini, R. B. Patterson, L. Corwin, M. V. Frohne, Rakesh Sharma, S. Childress, C. D. Moore, M. M. Medeiros
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics Muon Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors Rate modulation Detector FOS: Physical sciences Cosmic ray Astrophysics Seasonality medicine.disease High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) Overburden MINOS medicine Physics::Accelerator Physics High Energy Physics::Experiment QC Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Zdroj:	Physical Review D. 91
ISSN:	1550-2368 1550-7998 2470-0010
DOI:	10.1103/physrevd.91.112006
Popis:	We report the first observation of seasonal modulations in the rates of cosmic ray multiple-muon events at two underground sites, the MINOS Near Detector with an overburden of 225 mwe, and the MINOS Far Detector site at 2100 mwe. At the deeper site, multiple-muon events with muons separated by more than 8 m exhibit a seasonal rate that peaks during the summer, similar to that of single-muon events. In contrast and unexpectedly, the rate of multiple-muon events with muons separated by less than 5-8 m, and the rate of multiple-muon events in the smaller, shallower Near Detector, exhibit a seasonal rate modulation that peaks in the winter.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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