Study of muon inelastic scattering with the 100-ton scintillation detector of the Artemovsk Scientific Station

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Soviet Journal of Nuclear Physics (English Translation); (USA)

OSTI ID:5609475

Zatsepin, G T; Korol'kova, E V; Kudryavtsev, V A; Mal'gin, A S; Ryazhskaya, O G ^[1]

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1. Institute for Nuclear Research, USSR Academy of Sciences (SU)

From the spectrum of nuclear and electromagnetic showers, measured with the underground 100-ton scintillation detector at the Artemovsk Scientific Station (ASS) at our institute, we have obtained the characteristics of inelastic scattering of muons by nuclei with {l angle}{ital A}{r angle}=25. The cross sections for {mu}{ital A} and {gamma}{ital A} interactions agree with the predictions of the generalized vector-dominance model. The shadowing parameter for nucleons in the nucleus, {alpha}, and the average relative energy loss by a muon for inelastic scattering, {ital b}{sub {ital n}}, are, within the errors, constant in the energy-transfer range {nu}=0.1--3 TeV and in the muon energy range {ital E}{sub {mu}}=0.4--5 TeV. For {nu}{gt}0.1 TeV and {ital E}{sub {mu}}{gt}0.4 TeV we find {l angle}{alpha}{r angle}=0.93{plus minus}0.02 and {l angle}{ital b}{sub {ital n}}{r angle}=(0.41{plus minus}0.03){center dot}10{sup {minus}6} g{sup {minus}1}{center dot}cm{sup 2}.

• OSTI ID: 5609475
• Journal Information: Soviet Journal of Nuclear Physics (English Translation); (USA), Vol. 49:2; ISSN 0038-5506
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS
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