Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with a 4 GeV threshold in the ANTARES neutrino telescope

被引：29

作者：

Aguilar, J. A. ^{[2
]}

Al Samarai, I. ^{[3
,4
]}

Albert, A. ^{[5
]}

Anghinolfi, M. ^{[6
]}

Anton, G. ^{[7
]}

Anvar, S. ^{[8
]}

Ardid, M. ^{[9
]}

Jesus, A. C. Assis ^{[10
]}

Astraatmadja, T. ^{[10
,38
]}

Aubert, J. -J. ^{[3
,4
]}

Auer, R. ^{[7
]}

Baret, B. ^{[11
]}

Basa, S. ^{[12
]}

Bazzotti, M. ^{[13
,14
]}

Bertin, V. ^{[3
,4
]}

Biagi, S. ^{[13
,14
]}

Bigongiari, C. ^{[2
]}

Bou-Cabo, M. ^{[9
]}

Bouwhuis, M. C. ^{[10
]}

Brown, A. ^{[3
,4
]}

Brunner, J. ^{[3
,4
]}

Busto, J. ^{[3
,4
]}

Camarena, F. ^{[9
]}

Capone, A. ^{[15
,16
]}

Carloganu, C. ^{[17
]}

Carminati, G. ^{[13
,14
]}

Carr, J. ^{[3
,4
]}

Castorina, E. ^{[18
,19
]}

Cavasinni, V. ^{[18
,19
]}

Cecchini, S. ^{[14
,20
]}

Charvis, Ph. ^{[21
,22
]}

Chiarusi, T. ^{[14
]}

Sen, N. Chon ^{[5
]}

Circella, M. ^{[23
]}

Coniglione, R. ^{[24
]}

Costantini, H. ^{[6
]}

Cottini, N. ^{[25
]}

Coyle, P. ^{[3
,4
]}

Curtil, C. ^{[3
,4
]}

De Bonis, G. ^{[15
,16
]}

Decowski, M. P. ^{[10
]}

Dekeyser, I. ^{[4
,26
]}

Deschamps, A. ^{[21
,22
]}

Distefano, C. ^{[24
]}

Donzaud, C. ^{[11
,27
]}

Dornic, D. ^{[3
,4
]}

Drouhin, D. ^{[5
]}

Eberl, T. ^{[7
]}

Emanuele, U. ^{[2
]}

Ernenwein, J. -P. ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117218, Russia

[2] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, IFIC, Valencia 46071, Spain

[3] CNRS, CPPM, IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille 9, France

[4] Univ Aix Marseille 2, F-13288 Marseille 9, France

[5] Inst Univ Technol Colmar, GRPHE, F-68008 Colmar, France

[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy

[7] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen Ctr Astroparticle Phys, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

[8] CEA Saclay, Direct Sci Matiere, Inst Rech Lois Fondamentales Univers, Serv Elect Detecteurs & Informat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France

[9] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Gestio Integrada Zones Costaneres IGIC, E-46730 Valencia, Spain

[10] FOM Inst Subatomaire Fys Nikhef, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands

[11] Univ Paris 7 Diderot, CNRS, Observ Paris, CEA,APC,Lab AstroParticule & Cosmol,UMR 7164, F-75205 Paris 13, France

[12] LAM, F-13388 Marseille 13, France

[13] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, I-40127 Bologna, Italy

[14] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy

[15] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[17] Univ Clermont Ferrand, CNRS, IN2P3, Phys Corpusculaire Lab, Clermont Ferrand, France

[18] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

[19] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

[20] INAF IASF, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

[21] Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, INSU, Observ Cote Azur,IRD, F-06235 Villefranche Sur Mer, France

[22] Univ Paris 06, F-06235 Villefranche Sur Mer, France

[23] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy

[24] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, LNS, I-95123 Catania, Italy

[25] CEA Saclay, Direct Sci Matiere, Inst Rech Lois Fondamentales Univers, Serv Phys Particules, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France

[26] CNRS, INSU, COM, F-13288 Marseille 9, France

[27] Univ Paris 11, Dept Phys, F-91403 Orsay, France

[28] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, I-16146 Genoa, Italy

[29] Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res NIOZ, NL-1797 SZ T Horntje, Texel, Netherlands

[30] Univ Groningen, Kernfys Versneller Inst, NL-9747 AA Groningen, Netherlands

[31] Univ Utrecht, Fac Betawetenschappen, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, Netherlands

[32] Univ Amsterdam, Inst Hoge Energie Fys, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands

[33] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95125 Catania, Italy

[34] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715 USA

[35] Inst Space Sci, R-77125 Bucharest, Magurele, Romania

[36] Univ Strasbourg, IPHC, F-67037 Strasbourg 2, France

[37] CNRS, IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg 2, France

[38] Leiden Univ, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands

来源：

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2010年 / 33卷 / 02期

基金：

俄罗斯基础研究基金会;

关键词：

Atmospheric muons; Depth intensity relation; Potassium-40; PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM; LIGHT; LINE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.12.002

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

A new method for the measurement of the muon flux in the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope and its dependence on the depth is presented. The method is based oil the observation of coincidence signals in adjacent storeys of the detector. This yields an energy threshold of about 4 GeV. The main sources of optical background are the decay of K-40 and the bioluminescence in the sea water. The K-40 background is used to calibrate the efficiency of the photo-multiplier tubes. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：86 / 90

页数：5

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