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The Maximum Detectable Momentum for cosmic ray muons in the MINOS far detector

2007/06/04 by Maury Goodman, Goodman, Maury
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Neutrino Physics Research #physics.ins-det

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0706.0539

Contribution to the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida Mexico 2007

arxiv created 2007/06/04 · openalex publication_date 2007/06/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A magnetic detector such as MINOS which is measuring the sign of muons has to deal with issues of bending, which depend on the magnetic field configuration, and multiple scattering, which depends on the amount of material which is traversed. Above some momentum which depends on these factors, the momentum cannot be resolved. Issues related to measurement of the muon charge ratio in MINOS are discussed.

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