Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors
Abstract
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. Conversely, 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.
- Authors:
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). et al.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Org.:
- MINOS Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1224183
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1184676
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-108335-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998; R&D Project: PO-022; KA2201020; TRN: US1600893
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; seasonal; atmospheric; detectors
Citation Formats
Adamson, P., Bishai, M., Diwan, M. V., Isvan, Z., Ling, J., and Viren, B. Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.112006.
Adamson, P., Bishai, M., Diwan, M. V., Isvan, Z., Ling, J., & Viren, B. Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.112006
Adamson, P., Bishai, M., Diwan, M. V., Isvan, Z., Ling, J., and Viren, B. Tue .
"Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.112006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1224183.
@article{osti_1224183,
title = {Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors},
author = {Adamson, P. and Bishai, M. and Diwan, M. V. and Isvan, Z. and Ling, J. and Viren, B.},
abstractNote = {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. Conversely, 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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.91.112006},
journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology},
number = 11,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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