Distributions of Secondary Muons at Sea Level from Cosmic Gamma Rays Below 10 TeV
The FLUKA Monte Carlo program is used to predict the distributions of the muons which originate from primary cosmic gamma rays and reach sea level. The main result is the angular distribution of muons produced by vertical gamma rays which is necessary to predict the inherent angular resolution of any instrument utilizing muons to infer properties of gamma ray primaries. Furthermore, various physical effects are discussed which affect these distributions in differing proportions.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 787214
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-8945; TRN: US0110481
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 31 Jul 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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