The MACRO detector was located in the Hall B of the Gran Sasso underground laboratories under an average rock overburden of 3700 hg/cm(2). A transition radiation detector composed of three identical modules, covering a total horizontal area of 36 m(2), was installed inside the empty upper part of the detector in order to measure the residual energy of muons. This paper presents the measurement of the residual energy of single and double muons crossing the apparatus. Our data show that double muons are more energetic than single ones. This measurement is performed over a standard rock depth range from 3000 to 6500 hg/cm(2). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.c., Barish, B.c., Battistoni, G., et al. (2003). Measurement of the residual energy of muons in the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 19(3), 313-328 [10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00217-7].

Measurement of the residual energy of muons in the Gran Sasso underground laboratories

BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria;
2003-01-01

Abstract

The MACRO detector was located in the Hall B of the Gran Sasso underground laboratories under an average rock overburden of 3700 hg/cm(2). A transition radiation detector composed of three identical modules, covering a total horizontal area of 36 m(2), was installed inside the empty upper part of the detector in order to measure the residual energy of muons. This paper presents the measurement of the residual energy of single and double muons crossing the apparatus. Our data show that double muons are more energetic than single ones. This measurement is performed over a standard rock depth range from 3000 to 6500 hg/cm(2). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
2003
Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.c., Barish, B.c., Battistoni, G., et al. (2003). Measurement of the residual energy of muons in the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 19(3), 313-328 [10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00217-7].
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