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Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector
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Measurement of the energy spectrum of underground muons at Gran Sasso with a transition radiation detector

M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, C. Aramo, G. Auriemma, A. Baldini, G.C. Barbarino, B.C. Barish, G. Battistoni, R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, …
Astroparticle physics, v 10(1), pp 11-20
1999
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00037-1
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https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9807009View
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Abstract

We have measured directly the residual energy of cosmic ray muons crossing the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. For this measurement we have used a transition radiation detector consisting of three identical modules, each of about 12 m 2 area, operating in the energy region from 100 GeV to 1 TeV. The results presented here were obtained with the first module collecting data for more than two years. The average single muon energy is found to be 320 ± 4 (stat.) ± 11 (syst.) GeV in the rock depth range 3000–6500 hg/cm 2. The results are in agreement with calculations of the energy loss of muons in the rock above the detector.

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