Title
Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS near detector
Date Issued
22 July 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Adamson P.
Anghel I.
Aurisano A.
Barr G.
Bishai M.
Blake A.
Bock G.J.
Bogert D.
Cao S.V.
Childress S.
Coelho J.A.B.
Corwin L.
Cronin-Hennessy D.
De Jong J.K.
Devan A.V.
Devenish N.E.
Diwan M.V.
Escobar C.O.
Evans J.J.
Falk E.
Feldman G.J.
Fields T.H.
Frohne M.V.
Gallagher H.R.
Gomes R.A.
Goodman M.C.
Gouffon P.
Graf N.
Gran R.
Grzelak K.
Habig A.
Hahn S.R.
Hartnell J.
Hatcher R.
Holin A.
Huang J.
Hylen J.
Irwin G.M.
Isvan Z.
James C.
Jensen D.
Kafka T.
Kasahara S.M.S.
Koizumi G.
Kordosky M.
Kreymer A.
Lang K.
Ling J.
Litchfield P.J.
Lucas P.
Mann W.A.
Marshak M.L.
Mathis M.
Mayer N.
McGivern C.
Medeiros M.M.
Mehdiyev R.
Meier J.R.
Messier M.D.
Miller W.H.
Mishra S.R.
Moed Sher S.
Moore C.D.
Mualem L.
Musser J.
Naples D.
Nelson J.K.
Newman H.B.
Nichol R.J.
Nowak J.A.
O'Connor J.
Orchanian M.
Osprey S.
Pahlka R.B.
Paley J.
Patterson R.B.
Pawloski G.
Perch A.
Phan-Budd S.
Plunkett R.K.
Poonthottathil N.
Qiu X.
Radovic A.
Rebel B.
Rosenfeld C.
Rubin H.A.
Sanchez M.C.
Schneps J.
Schreckenberger A.
Schreiner P.
Sharma R.
Sousa A.
Tagg N.
Talaga R.L.
Thomas J.
Thomson M.A.
Tian X.
Timmons A.
Tognini S.C.
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
A sample of 1.53×109 cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 m water equivalent using the MINOS near detector. The underground muon rate is observed to be highly correlated with the effective atmospheric temperature. The coefficient αT, relating the change in the muon rate to the change in the vertical effective temperature, is determined to be 0.428±0.003(stat.)±0.059(syst.). An alternative description is provided by the weighted effective temperature, introduced to account for the differences in the temperature profile and muon flux as a function of zenith angle. Using the latter estimation of temperature, the coefficient is determined to be 0.352±0.003(stat.)±0.046(syst.). © 2014 American Physical Society.
Volume
90
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84905002298
Source
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
ISSN of the container
15507998
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation 0955456, 1205884, 1303734 NSF
Natural Environment Research Council ncas10009 NERC
Science and Technology Facilities Council MINOS/MINOS+, ST/H000887/2, ST/I002626/1, ST/K000268/1, ST/K001329/1, ST/K00137X/1, ST/K001426/1, ST/K00655X/1, ST/M000028/1, ST/M001415/1 STFC
National Stroke Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
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