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Experimental studies of positive and negative atmospheric muons with a cosmic rays telescope

Bahmanabadi, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2005

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.06.005
  3. Publisher: 2005
  4. Abstract:
  5. An experiment has been developed for the measurement of the muon charge ratio (ratio of positive to negative muons) in the cosmic ray flux in energy range 0.236-0.242 GeV. The muon charge ratio is found to be 1.35 ± 0.10 with a mean zenith angle of 32° ± 5°. Meanwhile, the distributions of muons in zenith (θ) and azimuth angles have been studied. A cosnθ distribution with n = 1.95 ± 0.13 has been obtained. An asymmetry has been observed in East-West directions because of geomagnetic field. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
  6. Keywords:
  7. Airborne telescopes ; Atmospherics ; Cosmic rays ; High energy physics ; Magnetic fields ; Atmospheric muons ; Muon charge ratio ; Zenith angle ; Elementary particles
  8. Source: Astroparticle Physics ; Volume 24, Issue 3 , 2005 , Pages 183-190 ; 09276505 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927650505000952