Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with the NEMO Phase-1 detector

被引：24

作者：

Aiello, S. ^{[5
]}

Ameli, F. ^{[9
]}

Amore, I. ^{[12
]}

Anghinolfi, M. ^{[6
]}

Anzalone, A. ^{[1
]}

Barbarino, G. ^{[7
,14
]}

Battaglieri, M. ^{[6
]}

Bazzotti, M. ^{[4
,11
]}

Bersani, A. ^{[6
,13
]}

Beverini, N. ^{[15
]}

Biagi, S. ^{[4
,11
]}

Bonori, M. ^{[9
,16
]}

Bouhadef, B. ^{[8
,15
]}

Brunoldi, M. ^{[13
]}

Cacopardo, G. ^{[1
]}

Capone, A. ^{[9
,16
]}

Caponettoe, L. ^{[5
]}

Carminati, G. ^{[4
,11
]}

Chiarusi, T. ^{[4
,11
]}

Circella, M. ^{[3
]}

Cocimano, R. ^{[1
]}

Coniglione, R. ^{[1
]}

Cordelli, M. ^{[2
]}

Costa, M. ^{[1
]}

D'Amico, A. ^{[1
]}

De Bonis, G. ^{[8
,15
]}

De Marzo, C. ^{[3
,10
]}

De Rosa, G. ^{[7
]}

De Ruvo, G. ^{[3
]}

De Vita, R. ^{[6
]}

Distefano, C. ^{[1
]}

Falchini, E. ^{[8
,15
]}

Flaminio, V. ^{[8
,15
]}

Fratini, K. ^{[6
]}

Gabrielli, A. ^{[4
,11
]}

Galata, S. ^{[1
,12
]}

Gandolfi, E. ^{[4
,11
]}

Giacomelli, G. ^{[4
,11
]}

Giorgi, F. ^{[4
,11
]}

Giovanetti, G. ^{[9
,16
]}

Grimaldi, A. ^{[5
]}

Habel, R. ^{[2
]}

Imbesi, M. ^{[1
]}

Kulikovsky, V. ^{[6
]}

Lattuada, D. ^{[1
,12
]}

Leonora, E. ^{[12
]}

Lonardo, A. ^{[9
]}

Lo Presti, D. ^{[5
,12
]}

Lucarelli, F. ^{[9
,16
]}

Marinelli, A. ^{[15
]}

机构：

[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Sud, I-95123 Catania, Italy

[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, RM, Italy

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

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

[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy

[6] INFN, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy

[7] INFN, Sez Napoli, I-80126 Naples, Italy

[8] INFN, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

[9] INFN, Sez Roma 1, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[10] Univ Bari, Dipartimento Interateneo Fis, I-70126 Bari, Italy

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

[12] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95123 Catania, Italy

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

[14] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Fis, I-80126 Naples, Italy

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

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

[17] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Fac Phys, Moscow 119992, Russia

来源：

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2010年 / 33卷 / 04期

关键词：

Atmospheric muons; Neutrino telescopes; NEMO; NEUTRINO TELESCOPE; DEEP-SEA; DATA-ACQUISITION; ANTARES; PERFORMANCE; DESIGN; SYSTEM; LINE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.02.009

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The NEMO Collaboration installed and operated an underwater detector including prototypes of the critical elements of a possible underwater km(3) neutrino telescope: a four-floor tower (called Mini-Tower) and a Junction Box. The detector was developed to test some of the main systems of the km(3) detector, including the data transmission, the power distribution, the timing calibration and the acoustic positioning systems as well as to verify the capabilities of a single tridimensional detection structure to reconstruct muon tracks. We present results of the analysis of the data collected with the NEMO MiniTower. The position of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) is determined through the acoustic position system. Signals detected with PMTs are used to reconstruct the tracks of atmospheric muons. The angular distribution of atmospheric muons was measured and results compared to Monte Carlo simulations. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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