Measurement of the decoherence function with the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields1992Vol. 46(11), pp. 4836–4845
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Abstract
A measurement of the underground muon decoherence function has been performed using the multiple muon events collected by the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. A detector-independent analysis is presented for different zenith regions and rock depths; this allows direct comparison with any model of hadronic interactions. The measured decoherence function is compared with the predictions of a Monte Carlo simulation based on data taken by recent collider experiments.