A parameterisation of the flux and energy spectrum of single and multiple muons in the deep water or ice

✍ Scribed by M. Spurio

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 148 KB
• Volume: 567
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.250

✦ Synopsis

Atmospheric muons play an important role in underwater/ice neutrino detectors. A parameterisation of the flux of single and multiple muon events, of their lateral distribution and energy spectrum is presented. The kinematics parameters were modelled starting from a full Monte Carlo simulation of the interaction of primary cosmic rays with atmospheric nuclei. The parametric formulas are valid for a vertical depth of 1.5-5 km w.e. and up to 85 for the zenith angle, and can be used as input for a fast simulation of atmospheric muons in underwater/ice detectors.