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Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with the NEMO Phase-1 detector
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2010.
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Abstract
- The NEMO Collaboration installed and operated an underwater detector including prototypes of the critical elements of a possible underwater km3 neutrino telescope: a four-floor tower (called Mini-Tower) and a Junction Box. The detector was developed to test some of the main systems of the km3 detector, including the data transmission, the power distribution, the timing calibration and the acoustic positioning systems as well as to verify the capabilities of a single tridimensional detection structure to reconstruct muon tracks. We present results of the analysis of the data collected with the NEMO Mini-Tower. The position of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) is determined through the acoustic position system. Signals detected with PMTs are used to reconstruct the tracks of atmospheric muons. The angular distribution of atmospheric muons was measured and results compared with Monte Carlo simulations.<br />Astrop. Phys., accepted
- Subjects :
- MODULE
Photomultiplier
ANTARES NEUTRINO TELESCOPE
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Monte Carlo method
FOS: Physical sciences
LINE
atmospheric muons
nemo
neutrino telescopes
Nuclear physics
Optics
Data acquisition
DESIGN
OCEAN
Calibration
NEUTRINO TELESCOPE
Underwater
Junction box
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
DEEP-SEA
Physics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
ANTARES NEUTRINO TELESCOPE, DEEP-SEA, DATA-ACQUISITION, PERFORMANCE, PROJECT, SYSTEM, LINE, DESIGN, MODULE, OCEAN
business.industry
Detector
Astronomy and Astrophysics
DATA-ACQUISITION
COSMIC RAYS
PERFORMANCE
MUON FLUX
Neutrino detector
High Energy Physics::Experiment
UNDERWATER DETECTOR
business
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
PROJECT
SYSTEM
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0583eec7285e0f25468022b1265d4ca2