Precise parametrizations of muon energy losses in water

2001/06/01 by S. I. Klimushin, É. V. Bugaev, Klimushin, S. I. +4
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Muon and positron interactions and applications #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0106010

Contribution to the 27th ICRC (Hamburg, AUgust 7-15, 2001), 4 pages, 3 .eps figures, uses icrc.cls

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Abstract

The description of muon propagation through large depths of matter, based on a concept of the correction factor, is proposed. The results of Monte-Carlo calculations of this correction factor are presented. The parametrizations for continuous energy loss coefficients, valid in the broad interval of muon energies, and for the correction factor are given. The concrete calculations for pure water are presented.

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