Investigation of the zenith angle dependence of cosmic-ray muons at sea level

Bektasoglu, M.; Arslan, Halil

doi:10.1007/s12043-013-0519-2

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“…In the absence of a Caribbean-wide cosmic-ray muon detection network, a single detector was used in this study. The QuarkNet 6000 cosmic-ray muon detector is similar to the one used by [41] and further described in [42]. The various pieces of the detector are shown in Figure 8.…”

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Investigating the Apparent Teleconnection between Cosmic-Ray Muon Flux over Jamaica and Large-Scale Climate Phenomena That Impact the Caribbean

Brown¹,

Charlery²,

Voutchkov³

2019

ACS

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The apparent teleconnection between cosmic-ray muon flux over a base point in the Caribbean is discussed against the background of an extensive record of indices representing large-scale climatic phenomena, but limited cosmic-ray muon flux data. Many investigators have shown that large-scale climate phenomena influence sub-seasonal and seasonal climate variability, especially in the northern hemisphere and their impacts on the Caribbean are well documented. These climatic phenomena that impact the Caribbean include, but are not limited to, the El Nino Southern Oscillation, the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation, and the Arctic Oscillation which is now being investigated. Although strong statistical correlation between variables over non-contiguous regions are not absolute as proof of teleconnections, the correlation strength can be used as an indication of its existence. The data gathered at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, in Jamaica, using a simple QuarkNet 6000 muon detector over the period September 2011 to September 2013, showed an apparent significant relationship with these climatic indices. This suggests that cosmic-ray muon flux might be linked to the behavior of the climate phenomena and therefore can be used as a climate or meteorological index over the Caribbean.

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Investigating the Apparent Teleconnection between Cosmic-Ray Muon Flux over Jamaica and Large-Scale Climate Phenomena That Impact the Caribbean

Brown¹,

Charlery²,

Voutchkov³

2019

ACS

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“…4) where n 2 [24], I 0 -vertical muon fluence, θzenith angle. Ω 1 is solid angle covered by MVC over the horizon (the vertex of angle is on the bottom of the CdWO 4 crystal), and Ω 2 = 2π.…”

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Low Background CdWO₄ Scintillation Detector

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Low background scintillation setup has been developed that exhibits 3 orders of magnitude lower counting rate of a large volume (2.1 kg) CdWO4 detector in the energy region 0.5-2.6 MeV, and one order of magnitude above 3 MeV. The background reduction was achieved by application of radiopure passive shield, active plasticscintillation muon veto placed above the setup and pulse-shape discrimination. Construction of additional plastic scintillation counters is in progress to reduce the residual cosmic muons background. The setup can be applied to develop radiopure scintillators, measure radioactive contamination of materials, carry out small scale low counting experiments.

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“…This simulation package is being intensively used in several areas including nuclear and particle physics, medical and space physics. Its usage for the studies of various cosmic muon properties, both at sea level [15][16][17][18] and underground [11,12], has recently grown.…”

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Geant4 Simulation Study of Deep Underground Muons: Vertical Intensity and Angular Distribution

Arslan

Bektasoglu

2013

Advances in High Energy Physics

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Underground muon intensities up to 10000 m.w.e. and angular distribution up to 6500 m.w.e. in standard rock have been investigated using Geant4 simulation package. Muons with energies above 100 GeV were distributed from the ground level taking into account the muon charge ratio of~1.3 at sea level. The simulated differential muon intensities are in good agreement with the intensities given in the literature. Furthermore, the simulation results for the integrated intensities are consistent with the experimental data, particularly at depths above 4000 m.w.e., where the simulation gives slightly smaller intensities than the experimental ones. In addition, the simulated exponentnat different underground depths agrees well with the experimental points, especially above~2000 m.w.e.

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Investigation of the zenith angle dependence of cosmic-ray muons at sea level

Cited by 20 publications

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Investigating the Apparent Teleconnection between Cosmic-Ray Muon Flux over Jamaica and Large-Scale Climate Phenomena That Impact the Caribbean

Investigating the Apparent Teleconnection between Cosmic-Ray Muon Flux over Jamaica and Large-Scale Climate Phenomena That Impact the Caribbean

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Geant4 Simulation Study of Deep Underground Muons: Vertical Intensity and Angular Distribution

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Investigation of the zenith angle dependence of cosmic-ray muons at sea level

Cited by 20 publications

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Investigating the Apparent Teleconnection between Cosmic-Ray Muon Flux over Jamaica and Large-Scale Climate Phenomena That Impact the Caribbean

Investigating the Apparent Teleconnection between Cosmic-Ray Muon Flux over Jamaica and Large-Scale Climate Phenomena That Impact the Caribbean

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Geant4 Simulation Study of Deep Underground Muons: Vertical Intensity and Angular Distribution

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