New measurement of the altitude dependence of the atmospheric muon intensity

J. J. Beatty; S. Coutu; S. A. Minnick; A. Bhattacharyya; C. R. Bower; J. A. Musser; S. P. McKee; M. Schubnell; G. Tarlé; A. D. Tomasch; A. W. Labrador; D. Müller; S. P. Swordy; M. A. DuVernois; S. L. Nutter

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.092005

New measurement of the altitude dependence of the atmospheric muon intensity

J. J. Beatty, S. Coutu, S. A. Minnick, A. Bhattacharyya, C. R. Bower, J. A. Musser, S. P. McKee, M. Schubnell, G. Tarlé, A. D. Tomasch, A. W. Labrador, D. Müller, S. P. Swordy, M. A. DuVernois, S. L. Nutter

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We present a new measurement of atmospheric muons made during an ascent of the High Energy Antimatter Telescope balloon experiment. The muon charge ratio [Formula Presented] as a function of atmospheric depth in the momentum interval 0.3–0.9 GeV/c is presented. The differential [Formula Presented] intensities in the 0.3–50 GeV/c range and for atmospheric depths between [Formula Presented] are also presented. We compare these results with other measurements and model predictions. We find that our charge ratio is [Formula Presented] for all atmospheric depths and is consistent, within errors, with other measurements and the model predictions. We find that our measured [Formula Presented] intensities are also consistent with other measurements, and with the model predictions, except at shallow atmospheric depths.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	70
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.092005
State	Published - 2004

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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Beatty, J. J., Coutu, S., Minnick, S. A., Bhattacharyya, A., Bower, C. R., Musser, J. A., McKee, S. P., Schubnell, M., Tarlé, G., Tomasch, A. D., Labrador, A. W., Müller, D., Swordy, S. P., DuVernois, M. A., & Nutter, S. L. (2004). New measurement of the altitude dependence of the atmospheric muon intensity. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 70(9). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.092005

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