Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data

Autores
Hansen, Pierre; Carlson, P.; Mocchiutti, E.; Sciutto, Sergio Juan; Boezio, M.
Año de publicación
2003
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We report on a comparison between the flux of muons in the atmosphere measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment and simulations performed with the air shower simulation program AIRES. To reduce systematic uncertainties we have used as input the primary fluxes of protons and helium nuclei also measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment. Heavy nuclei are also taken into account in the primary flux, and their contribution to the muon flux is discussed. The results of the simulations show a very good agreement with the experimental data, at all altitudes and for all muon momenta. With the exception of a few isolated points, the relative differences between measured data and simulations are smaller than 20%; and in all cases compatible with zero within two standard deviations. The influence of the input cosmic ray flux on the results of the simulations is also discussed. This report includes also an extensive analysis of the characteristics of the simulated fluxes.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Materia
Física
Cosmic ray
Physics
Atmosphere
Air shower
Atomic physics
Nuclear physics
Muon
Standard deviation
Muon flux
Helium
Flux (metallurgy)
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spelling Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 dataHansen, PierreCarlson, P.Mocchiutti, E.Sciutto, Sergio JuanBoezio, M.FísicaCosmic rayPhysicsAtmosphereAir showerAtomic physicsNuclear physicsMuonStandard deviationMuon fluxHeliumFlux (metallurgy)We report on a comparison between the flux of muons in the atmosphere measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment and simulations performed with the air shower simulation program AIRES. To reduce systematic uncertainties we have used as input the primary fluxes of protons and helium nuclei also measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment. Heavy nuclei are also taken into account in the primary flux, and their contribution to the muon flux is discussed. The results of the simulations show a very good agreement with the experimental data, at all altitudes and for all muon momenta. With the exception of a few isolated points, the relative differences between measured data and simulations are smaller than 20%; and in all cases compatible with zero within two standard deviations. The influence of the input cosmic ray flux on the results of the simulations is also discussed. This report includes also an extensive analysis of the characteristics of the simulated fluxes.Facultad de Ciencias Exactas2003-11-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126093enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0556-2821info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1089-4918info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/hep-ph/0307199info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1103/physrevd.68.103001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:30:13Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/126093Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:30:14.294SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data
title Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data
spellingShingle Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data
Hansen, Pierre
Física
Cosmic ray
Physics
Atmosphere
Air shower
Atomic physics
Nuclear physics
Muon
Standard deviation
Muon flux
Helium
Flux (metallurgy)
title_short Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data
title_full Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data
title_fullStr Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data
title_full_unstemmed Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data
title_sort Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hansen, Pierre
Carlson, P.
Mocchiutti, E.
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Boezio, M.
author Hansen, Pierre
author_facet Hansen, Pierre
Carlson, P.
Mocchiutti, E.
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Boezio, M.
author_role author
author2 Carlson, P.
Mocchiutti, E.
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Boezio, M.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Física
Cosmic ray
Physics
Atmosphere
Air shower
Atomic physics
Nuclear physics
Muon
Standard deviation
Muon flux
Helium
Flux (metallurgy)
topic Física
Cosmic ray
Physics
Atmosphere
Air shower
Atomic physics
Nuclear physics
Muon
Standard deviation
Muon flux
Helium
Flux (metallurgy)
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We report on a comparison between the flux of muons in the atmosphere measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment and simulations performed with the air shower simulation program AIRES. To reduce systematic uncertainties we have used as input the primary fluxes of protons and helium nuclei also measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment. Heavy nuclei are also taken into account in the primary flux, and their contribution to the muon flux is discussed. The results of the simulations show a very good agreement with the experimental data, at all altitudes and for all muon momenta. With the exception of a few isolated points, the relative differences between measured data and simulations are smaller than 20%; and in all cases compatible with zero within two standard deviations. The influence of the input cosmic ray flux on the results of the simulations is also discussed. This report includes also an extensive analysis of the characteristics of the simulated fluxes.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
description We report on a comparison between the flux of muons in the atmosphere measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment and simulations performed with the air shower simulation program AIRES. To reduce systematic uncertainties we have used as input the primary fluxes of protons and helium nuclei also measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment. Heavy nuclei are also taken into account in the primary flux, and their contribution to the muon flux is discussed. The results of the simulations show a very good agreement with the experimental data, at all altitudes and for all muon momenta. With the exception of a few isolated points, the relative differences between measured data and simulations are smaller than 20%; and in all cases compatible with zero within two standard deviations. The influence of the input cosmic ray flux on the results of the simulations is also discussed. This report includes also an extensive analysis of the characteristics of the simulated fluxes.
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