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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 -