Estimate of the background of a gravitational-wave detector due to cosmic rays

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Apr 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986ncimc...9..612a&link_type=abstract

(Symposium on Underground Physics, 1st, Saint Vincent, Italy, Apr. 25-28, 1985) Nuovo Cimento C, Serie 1 (ISSN 0390-5551), vol.

Physics

26

Background Noise, Gravitational Wave Antennas, Muons, Secondary Cosmic Rays, Supernovae, Elementary Particle Interactions, Energetic Particles, Neutrinos, Resonators, Sea Level, Virgo Galactic Cluster

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The background signal introduced in present-generation gravitational-wave detectors by high-energy cosmic-ray muons is estimated theoretically. The results are plotted in graphs and briefly characterized. It is found that the secondaries generated in the bar of a sea-level detector by muon EM interaction can produce signals significantly larger than those expected from sources (such as Virgo Cluster supernovae) typically being observed, but that this effect is negligible for deep underground detectors such as those planned for the Gran Sasso Laboratory.

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