Seasonal variations in the underground muon intensity as seen by MACRO

M. Ambrosio; R. Antolini; G. Auriemma; R. Baker; A. Baldini; G.C. Barbarino; B.C. Barish; G. Battistoni; R. Bellotti; C. Bemporad; P. Bernardini; H. Bilokon; V. Bisi; C. Bloise; T. Bosio; C. Bower; S. Bussino; F. Cafagna; M. Calicchio; D. Campana; M. Carboni; M. Castellano; S. Cecchini; F. Cei; V. Chiarella; A. Corona; S. Coutu; L. De Benedictis; G. De Cataldo; H. Dekhissi; C. De Marzo; I. De Mitri; M. De Vincenzi; A. Di Credico; O. Erriquez; R. Fantini; C. Favuzzi; C. Forti; P. Fusco; G. Giacomelli; G. Giannini; N. Giglietto; M. Goretti; M. Grassi; P. Green; A. Grillo; F. Guarino; P. Guarnaccia; C. Gustavino; A. Habig; K. Hanson; A. Hawthorne; R. Heinz; J.T. Hong; E. Iarocci; E. Katsavounidis; E. Kearns; S. Kyriazopoulou; E. Lamanna; C. Lane; D.S. Levin; P. Lipari; G. Liu; R. Liu; N.P. Longley; M.J. Longo; G. Ludlam; F. Maaroufi; G. Mancarella; G. Mandrioli; A. Margiotta-Neri; A. Marini; D. Martello; A. Marzari-Chiesa; M.N. Mazziotta; D.G. Michael; S. Mikheyev; L. Miller; P. Monacelli; T. Montaruli; M. Monteno; S. Mufson; J. Musser; D. Nicoló; R. Nolty; C. Okada; C. Orth; G. Osteria; S. Paganini; O. Palamara; S. Parlati; V. Patera; L. Patrizii; R. Pazzi; C.W. Peck; S. Petrera; N.D. Pignatano; P. Pistilli; V. Popa; A. Rainó; J. Reynoldson; F. Ronga; U. Rubizzo; A. Sanzgiri; F. Sartogo; C. Satriano; L. Satta; E. Scapparone; K. Scholberg; A. Sciubba; P. Serra-Lugaresi; M. Severi; M. Sitta; P. Spinelli; M. Spinetti; M. Spurio; R. Steinberg; J.L. Stone; L.R. Sulak; A. Surdo; G. Tarlé; V. Togo; V. Valente; C.W. Walter; R. Webb; MACRO Collaboration

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Seasonal variations in the underground muon intensity as seen by MACRO

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Seasonal variations in the underground muon intensity as seen by MACRO

M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, G. Auriemma, R. Baker, A. Baldini, G.C. Barbarino, B.C. Barish, G. Battistoni, R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, …

Astroparticle physics, v 7(1)

1997

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(97)00011-X

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Using 5.33 × 10 6 single muons collected in 1.46 × 10 4 live hours by MACRO during the period 1991–1994, we have searched for a correlation between variations in the underground muon rate, N μ , and seasonal temperature variations in the atmosphere. These correlations are found to be present with high statistical significance. Analysis of the relatively complete December 1992–December 1994 subset of the data yields a value for the temperature coefficient, α T = ( T N μ )( ∂N μ ∂T ) = 0.83±0.13 . Analysis of the total data set gives consistent results. We have compared this result with the hypothesis that the muons observed in MACRO come from pion decays alone. Although our result is consistent with the ‘pion only’ hypothesis, a discussion of the sensitivity of our data sample to the kaon component of the cascades leading to observed muons underground will also be presented.

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Title: Seasonal variations in the underground muon intensity as seen by MACRO
Creators: M. Ambrosio - University of Naples Federico II
R. Antolini - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
G. Auriemma - University of Basilicata
R. Baker - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
A. Baldini - University of Pisa
G.C. Barbarino - University of Naples Federico II
B.C. Barish - California Institute of Technology
G. Battistoni - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
R. Bellotti - University of Bari Aldo Moro
C. Bemporad - University of Pisa
P. Bernardini - University of Salento
H. Bilokon - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
V. Bisi - University of Turin
C. Bloise - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
T. Bosio - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
C. Bower - Indiana University
S. Bussino - Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Roma “La Sapienza” and INFN, 00185 Roma, Italy
F. Cafagna - University of Bari Aldo Moro
M. Calicchio - University of Bari Aldo Moro
D. Campana - University of Naples Federico II
M. Carboni - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
M. Castellano - University of Bari Aldo Moro
S. Cecchini - University of Bologna
F. Cei - University of Pisa
V. Chiarella - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
A. Corona - Sapienza University of Rome
S. Coutu - Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
L. De Benedictis - University of Bari Aldo Moro
G. De Cataldo - University of Bari Aldo Moro
H. Dekhissi - University of Bologna
C. De Marzo - University of Bari Aldo Moro
I. De Mitri - University of L'Aquila
M. De Vincenzi - Roma Tre University
A. Di Credico - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
O. Erriquez - University of Bari Aldo Moro
R. Fantini - University of Bologna
C. Favuzzi - University of Bari Aldo Moro
C. Forti - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
P. Fusco - University of Bari Aldo Moro
G. Giacomelli - University of Bologna
G. Giannini - University of Pisa
N. Giglietto - University of Bari Aldo Moro
M. Goretti - Sapienza University of Rome
M. Grassi - University of Pisa
P. Green - Sandia National Laboratories California
A. Grillo - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
F. Guarino - University of Naples Federico II
P. Guarnaccia - University of Bari Aldo Moro
C. Gustavino - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
A. Habig - Indiana University
K. Hanson - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
A. Hawthorne - Indiana University
R. Heinz - Indiana University
J.T. Hong - Boston University
E. Iarocci - Sapienza University of Rome
E. Katsavounidis - California Institute of Technology
E. Kearns - Boston University
S. Kyriazopoulou - California Institute of Technology
E. Lamanna - Sapienza University of Rome
C. Lane - Drexel University
D.S. Levin - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
P. Lipari - Sapienza University of Rome
G. Liu - California Institute of Technology
R. Liu - California Institute of Technology
N.P. Longley - Swarthmore College
M.J. Longo - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
G. Ludlam - Boston University
F. Maaroufi - University of Bologna
G. Mancarella - University of Salento
G. Mandrioli - University of Bologna
A. Margiotta-Neri - University of Bologna
A. Marini - DELL (United States)
D. Martello - University of Salento
A. Marzari-Chiesa - University of Turin
M.N. Mazziotta - University of Bari Aldo Moro
D.G. Michael - California Institute of Technology
S. Mikheyev - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
L. Miller - Indiana University
P. Monacelli - University of L'Aquila
T. Montaruli - University of Bari Aldo Moro
M. Monteno - University of Turin
S. Mufson - Indiana University
J. Musser - Indiana University
D. Nicoló - University of Pisa
R. Nolty - California Institute of Technology
C. Okada - Boston University
C. Orth - Boston University
G. Osteria - University of Naples Federico II
S. Paganini - University of Bologna
O. Palamara - University of Salento
S. Parlati - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
V. Patera - Sapienza University of Rome
L. Patrizii - University of Bologna
R. Pazzi - University of Pisa
C.W. Peck - California Institute of Technology
S. Petrera - University of Salento
N.D. Pignatano - California Institute of Technology
P. Pistilli - University of Salento
V. Popa - University of Bologna
A. Rainó - University of Bari Aldo Moro
J. Reynoldson - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
F. Ronga - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
U. Rubizzo - University of Bologna
A. Sanzgiri - Texas A&M University
F. Sartogo - Sapienza University of Rome
C. Satriano - University of Basilicata
L. Satta - Sapienza University of Rome
E. Scapparone - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi L'Aquila, Italy
K. Scholberg - California Institute of Technology
A. Sciubba - Sapienza University of Rome
P. Serra-Lugaresi - University of Bologna
M. Severi - Sapienza University of Rome
M. Sitta - University of Turin
P. Spinelli - University of Bari Aldo Moro
M. Spinetti - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
M. Spurio - University of Bologna
R. Steinberg - Drexel University
J.L. Stone - Boston University
L.R. Sulak - Boston University
A. Surdo - University of Salento
G. Tarlé - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
V. Togo - University of Bologna
V. Valente - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati Roma, Italy
C.W. Walter - California Institute of Technology
R. Webb - Texas A&M University
MACRO Collaboration
Publication Details: Astroparticle physics, v 7(1)
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:A1997XF10700012
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-0031161461
Other Identifier: 991019296542404721

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