A parametrization of the cosmic-ray muon flux at sea-level

2015/09/21 by Guan, Mengyun, Chu, Ming-Chung, Cao, Jun +2 · 3 citations
#FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1509.06176

Abstract

Based on the standard Gaisser's formula, a modified parametrization for the sea-level cosmic-ray muon flux is introduced. The modification is verified against experimental results. The average vertical cosmic-ray muon intensity as a function of depth of standard rock is simulated using the modified formula as input to the MUSIC code. The calculated muon intensities is consistent with the experimental measurements.

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