Observation of the Shadowing of Cosmic Rays by the Moon using a Deep Underground Detector

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1998-07-07

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9807006v1

Phys.Rev.D59:012003,1999

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

14 pages, 8 figures Submitted to Phys. Rev. D

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.59.012003

Using data collected by the MACRO experiment during the years 1989-1996, we show evidence for the shadow of the moon in the underground cosmic ray flux with a significance of 3.6 sigma. This detection of the shadowing effect is the first by an underground detector. A maximum-likelihood analysis is used to determine that the angular resolution of the apparatus is 0.9+/-0.3 degrees. These results demonstrate MACRO's capabilities as a muon telescope by confirming its absolute pointing ability and quantifying its angular resolution.

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