Journal article
Tests of a calorimetric technique for measuring the energy of cosmic ray muons in the TeV energy range
Zeitschrift für Physik. C, Particles and fields, v 74(2), pp 279-289
23 Apr 1997
Abstract
Previous energy measurements of cosmic ray muons have used magnetic spectrometers to measure the momentum of muons. Measurements using magnets fail for muons in the TeV range because at ultra-high muon energies, the measurement error in the angular deflection of muons by the spectrometer becomes comparable to the total angular defection. A new method for measuring the energies of TeV muons is investigated, using a sample of cosmic ray muons accumulated parasitically (or synergistically) by the CCFR neutrino detector. The method infers the muon energy from measurements of the energy deposited by the muon in many layers of an iron-scintillator calorimeter. Muons in the TeV energy range lose energy stochastically through e(+)e(-) pair production. The distribution of muon energy loss is used to estimate the most likely muon energy. The analysis suggests that this new method for measuring cosmic ray muon energy may be applicable in future detectors such as MINOS and AMANDA.
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- Title
- Tests of a calorimetric technique for measuring the energy of cosmic ray muons in the TeV energy range
- Creators
- A P ChikkaturL BugelA AltonC G ArroyoS AvvakumovP AuchinclossL deBarbaroP deBarbaroA O BazarkoR H BernsteinT BoltonA BodekJ BrauH BuddJ ConradR B DruckerJ GoldmanD A HarrisR A JohnsonJ H KimT KinnelS KoutsoliotasM J LammW C LefmannW B LoweryW MarshK S McFarlandC McNultyMishraD NaplesP NienaberM J OregliaL PereraP Z QuintasA RomosanW K SakumotoH SchellmanB A SchummF J SciulliW G SeligmanM H ShaevitzW H SmithP SpentzourisR SteinerE G SternA VaitaitisM VakiliU K YangD WoodsJ YuS Zeller
- Publication Details
- Zeitschrift für Physik. C, Particles and fields, v 74(2), pp 279-289
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1997WZ51900007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-18344387103
- Other Identifier
- 991021861837204721
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