Detection of low-energy muons in the stratosphere.

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Aug 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jetp...71..217a&link_type=abstract

Sov. Phys. - JETP, Vol. 71, No. 2, p. 217 - 218

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Muons: High-Energy Astrophysics, Muons: Detectors

Scientific paper

The authors concisely describe the characteristics of a device designed to detect 25 - 80 MeV muons. The detector is a cylindrical thallium-doped Na I crystal 8 cm in diameter and 8 cm long. We present calculated values of the geometry factor for muons of various energies and for particles that are not stopped by the detector. The authors describe stratospheric measurements up to 28 km at 67.5° latitude. The problem of spurious coincidences contributing to the overall detected muon flux is discussed. The muon differential energy spectrum rises with energy. The intensity of 30 MeV muons is (5±4)×10-2 (m2sec sr MeV)-1, increasing to 0.25±0.12 (m2sec sr MeV)-1 at 70 MeV. The results provide information about the muon flux in a hitherto unexplored energy range.

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