Estimation of the mean energy of cosmic ray muons in multilayer detectors

Abstract

The technique of muon mean energy determination in multilayer detectors is developed. The mean energy is measured by means of average small bursts m i.e. the number of electrons and positrons generated by muons in the detecting layers of device via three basic processes -creation of e + e − pairs, δ-electrons and bremsestrahlung. The accuracy of the method is considered.