1. Multiple muons and primary cosmic composition studies with MACRO
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Palamara, Ornella, Bellotti, R., Cafagna, F., Calicchio, M., Cataldo, G., Marzo, C., Erriquez, O., Favuzzi, C., Fusco, P., Giglietto, N., Spinelli, P., Petrakis, J., Antolini, R., Bam, B. B., Cecchini, S., Giacomelli, G., Mandrioli, G., Margiotta-Neri, A., Matteuzzi, P., Patrizii, L., Predieri, F., Scapparone, E., Serra Lugaresi, P., Spurio, M., Togo, V., Ahlen, S. P., Cormack, R., Kearns, E., Klein, S., Ludlam, G., Marin, A., Okada, C., Stone, J. L., Sulak, L. R., Worstell, W., Barish, B., Coutu, S., Hong, J. T., Katsuvounidis, E., Kyriazopoulou, S., Liu, G., Liu, R., Michael, D., Peck, C., Pignatano, N., Scholberg, K., Steele, J., Walter, C. W., Lane, Charles E., Steinberg, R., Battistoni, G., Bilokon, H., Bloise, C., Campana, P., Carboni, M., Cavallo, P., Chiarella, V., Cobis, A., Forti, C., Grillo, A., Iarocci, E., Marini, A., Patera, V., Ronga, F., Satta, L., Spinetti, M., Valente, V., Gustavino, C., Reynoldson, J., Habig, Alec, Heinz, R., Miller, L., Mufson, Stuart L., Musser, J., Nutter, S., Di Credico, Alessandra, Monacelli, Piero, Bernardini, P., Mancarella, G., Martello, D., Petrera, S., Pistilli, P., Surdo, A., Diehl, E., Levin, D., Longo, M., Smith, C., Tarle, G., Ambrosio, M., Barbarino, G. C., Campagna, D., Guarino, F., Osteria, G., Baldini, A., Bemporad, C., Cei, F., Giannini, G., Grassi, M., Pazzi, R., Auriemma, G., Bussino, S., Chiera, C., Chrysicopoulou, P., Corona, A., Devincenzi, M., Foti, L., Ernesto Lamanna, Lipari, P., Martellotti, G., Rosa, G., Satriano, C., Sciubba, A., Severi, M., Verdone, G. R., Green, P., Webb, R., Bisi, V., Giubellino, P., Marzari Chiesa, A., Masera, M., Monteno, M., Parlati, S., Ramello, L., Sitta, M., Palamara, O, Bellotti, R, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, De Cataldo, G, De Marzo, C, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Fusco, P, Giglietto, N, Spinelli, P, Petrakis, J, Antolini, R, Bam, Bb, Cecchini, S, Giacomelli, G, Mandrioli, G, Margiotta Neri, A, Matteuzzi, P, Patrizii, L, Predieri, F, Scapparone, E, Serra Lugaresi, P, Spurio, M, Togo, V, Ahlen, Sp, Cormack, R, Kearns, E, Klein, S, Ludlam, G, Marin, A, Okada, C, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Worstell, W, Barish, B, Coutu, S, Hong, Jt, Katsuvounidis, E, Kyriazopoulou, S, Liu, G, Liu, R, Michael, D, Peck, C, Pignatano, N, Scholberg, K, Steele, J, Walter, Cw, Lane Charles, E, Steinberg, R, Battistoni, G, Bilokon, H, Bloise, C, Campana, P, Carboni, M, Cavallo, P, Chiarella, V, Cobis, A, Forti, C, Grillo, A, Iarocci, E, Marini, A, Patera, V, Ronga, F, Satta, L, Spinetti, M, Valente, V, Gustavino, C, Reynoldson, J, Habig, Alec, Heinz, R, Miller, L, Mufson Stuart, L, Musser, J, Nutter, S, Di Credico, Alessandra, Monacelli, Piero, Bernardini, P, Mancarella, G, Martello, D, Petrera, S, Pistilli, P, Surdo, A, Diehl, E, Levin, D, Longo, M, Smith, C, Tarle, G, Ambrosio, M, Barbarino, Gc, Campagna, D, Guarino, F, Osteria, G, Baldini, A, Bemporad, C, Cei, F, Giannini, G, Grassi, M, Pazzi, R, Auriemma, G, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Chiera, C, Chrysicopoulou, P, Corona, A, Devincenzi, M, Foti, L, Lamanna, E, Lipari, P, Martellotti, G, Rosa, G, Satriano, C, Sciubba, A, Severi, M, Verdone, Gr, Green, P, Webb, R, Bisi, V, Giubellino, P, Marzari Chiesa, A, Masera, M, Monteno, M, Parlati, S, Ramello, L, and Sitta, M.
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Muon ,COSMIC cancer database ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Detector ,Multiplicity (mathematics) ,Cosmic ray ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Nuclear physics ,Primary (astronomy) ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Supermodule ,Macro ,Mathematics::Representation Theory - Abstract
The analysis of multiple muon events collected with one MACRO supermodule and two supermodules is described. Muon pair separation distributions as corrected for the bias of the finite detector size are presented. Muon multiplicity distributions are compared with two primary cosmic ray composition models.