Experimental study of muon bundles observed in the Fréjus detector
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields1989Vol. 40(7), pp. 2163–2171
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Ch. Berger, Matthias Fröhlich, H. Mönch, R. Nisius, F. Raupach, P. Schleper, Y. Benadjal, D. Blum, C. Bourdarious, B. Dudelzak, P. Eschstruth, S. Jullian, D. Lalanne, F. Laplanche, C. Longuemare, C. Paulot, O. Perdereau, Philippe Roy, G. Szklarz, L. Behr, B. Degrange, Y. Minet, U. Nguyen-Khac, P. Serri, S. Tisserant, Robert D. Tripp, C. Arpesella, P. Bareyre, R. Barloutaud, A. Borg, G. Chardin, J. Ernwein, J. F. Glicenstein, L. Mosca, L. Moscoso, J. A. Becker, K. H. Becker, H.J. Daum, S. Demski, B. Jacobi, B. Kuznik, R. Mayer, H. Meyer, R. Møller, M. Schubnell, B. Seyffert, Y. Wei, P. Wintgen
Abstract
The present study is based on a sample of 407 775 single muons and 12 559 muon bundles with zenith angles smaller than 60\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}, observed in the 12.3m\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}6m\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}6m Fr\'ejus proton-decay detector, at a depth of 4850 hg/${\mathrm{cm}}^{2}$. The variation of the vertical muon intensity with depth is given. Using a maximum-likelihood method, the muon lateral distribution of underground bundles is investigated as a function of muon multiplicity and zenith angle. The same method yields the true multiplicity distribution at the site depth, corrected for all detection effects.