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Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS Near Detector

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@article{003ea805b15f49fca08c88b93a52f7c8,
title = "Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS Near Detector",
abstract = "A sample of 1.53$\times$10$^{9}$ cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 meters-water-equivalent using the MINOS Near Detector. The underground muon rate is observed to be highly correlated with the effective atmospheric temperature. The coefficient $\alpha_{T}$, relating the change in the muon rate to the change in the vertical effective temperature, is determined to be 0.428$\pm$0.003(stat.)$\pm$0.059(syst.). An alternative description is provided by the weighted effective temperature, introduced to account for the differences in the temperature profile and muon flux as a function of zenith angle. Using the latter estimation of temperature, the coefficient is determined to be 0.352$\pm$0.003(stat.)$\pm$0.046(syst.).",
keywords = "hep-ex, astro-ph.IM, physics.ins-det",
author = "P. Adamson and I. Anghel and A. Aurisano and G. Barr and M. Bishai and A. Blake and {J. Bock}, G. and D. Bogert and {V. Cao}, S. and {M. Castromonte}, C. and S. Childress and {A. B. Coelho}, J. and L. Corwin and D. Cronin-Hennessy and {K. de Jong}, J. and {V. Devan}, A. and {E. Devenish}, N. and {V. Diwan}, M. and {O. Escobar}, C. and {J. Evans}, J. and E. Falk and {J. Feldman}, G. and {H. Fields}, T. and {V. Frohne}, M. and {R. Gallagher}, H. and {A. Gomes}, R. and {C. Goodman}, M. and P. Gouffon and N. Graf and R. Gran and K. Grzelak and A. Habig and {R. Hahn}, S. and J. Hartnell and R. Hatcher and A. Holin and J. Huang and J. Hylen and {M. Irwin}, G. and Z. Isvan and C. James and D. Jensen and T. Kafka and {M. S. Kasahara}, S. and G. Koizumi and M. Kordosky and A. Kreymer and K. Lang and J. Ling and {A. Nowak}, J. and {MINOS Collaboration}",
note = "9 pages 10 figures",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
journal = "arxiv.org",

}

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS Near Detector

AU - Adamson, P.

AU - Anghel, I.

AU - Aurisano, A.

AU - Barr, G.

AU - Bishai, M.

AU - Blake, A.

AU - J. Bock, G.

AU - Bogert, D.

AU - V. Cao, S.

AU - M. Castromonte, C.

AU - Childress, S.

AU - A. B. Coelho, J.

AU - Corwin, L.

AU - Cronin-Hennessy, D.

AU - K. de Jong, J.

AU - V. Devan, A.

AU - E. Devenish, N.

AU - V. Diwan, M.

AU - O. Escobar, C.

AU - J. Evans, J.

AU - Falk, E.

AU - J. Feldman, G.

AU - H. Fields, T.

AU - V. Frohne, M.

AU - R. Gallagher, H.

AU - A. Gomes, R.

AU - C. Goodman, M.

AU - Gouffon, P.

AU - Graf, N.

AU - Gran, R.

AU - Grzelak, K.

AU - Habig, A.

AU - R. Hahn, S.

AU - Hartnell, J.

AU - Hatcher, R.

AU - Holin, A.

AU - Huang, J.

AU - Hylen, J.

AU - M. Irwin, G.

AU - Isvan, Z.

AU - James, C.

AU - Jensen, D.

AU - Kafka, T.

AU - M. S. Kasahara, S.

AU - Koizumi, G.

AU - Kordosky, M.

AU - Kreymer, A.

AU - Lang, K.

AU - Ling, J.

AU - A. Nowak, J.

AU - MINOS Collaboration

N1 - 9 pages 10 figures

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - A sample of 1.53$\times$10$^{9}$ cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 meters-water-equivalent using the MINOS Near Detector. The underground muon rate is observed to be highly correlated with the effective atmospheric temperature. The coefficient $\alpha_{T}$, relating the change in the muon rate to the change in the vertical effective temperature, is determined to be 0.428$\pm$0.003(stat.)$\pm$0.059(syst.). An alternative description is provided by the weighted effective temperature, introduced to account for the differences in the temperature profile and muon flux as a function of zenith angle. Using the latter estimation of temperature, the coefficient is determined to be 0.352$\pm$0.003(stat.)$\pm$0.046(syst.).

AB - A sample of 1.53$\times$10$^{9}$ cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 meters-water-equivalent using the MINOS Near Detector. The underground muon rate is observed to be highly correlated with the effective atmospheric temperature. The coefficient $\alpha_{T}$, relating the change in the muon rate to the change in the vertical effective temperature, is determined to be 0.428$\pm$0.003(stat.)$\pm$0.059(syst.). An alternative description is provided by the weighted effective temperature, introduced to account for the differences in the temperature profile and muon flux as a function of zenith angle. Using the latter estimation of temperature, the coefficient is determined to be 0.352$\pm$0.003(stat.)$\pm$0.046(syst.).

KW - hep-ex

KW - astro-ph.IM

KW - physics.ins-det

M3 - Journal article

JO - arxiv.org

JF - arxiv.org

ER -