Gurtu, A. (2010) Measurement of the charge ratio of atmospheric muons with the CMS detector Physics Letters B, 692 (2). pp. 83-104. ISSN 0370-2693
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Abstract
We present a measurement of the ratio of positive to negative muon fluxes from cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere, using data collected by the CMS detector both at ground level and in the underground experimental cavern at the CERN LHC. Muons were detected in the momentum range from 5 GeV/c to 1 TeV/c. The surface flux ratio is measured to be 1.2766 ±0.0032(stat)±0.0032(syst.), independent of the muon momentum, below 100 GeV/c. This is the most precise measurement to date. At higher momenta the data are consistent with an increase of the charge ratio, in agreement with cosmic ray shower models and compatible with previous measurements by deep-underground experiments.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Source: | Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science. |
| Keywords: | CMS; Physics; Muon; Cosmic Rays; Charge Ratio |
| ID Code: | 92206 |
| Deposited On: | 29 May 2012 12:15 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2019 05:39 |
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