Calibration and monitoring of water Cherenkov detectors with stopping and crossing muons

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 420, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 39-47

  Alarcon M ^a   Alcaraz, F ^a   Barrera, J ^a   Cantoral, E ^b   D'Olivo, J C ^c   Fernandez A ^b   Medina, M ^a   Nellen, L ^c   Pacheco, C ^a   Roman S ^b   Salazar, H ^b   Valdes Galicia J F ^c   Vargas, M ^b   Villasenor L ^a   Zepeda, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calibration; Crossing muon; Decay electron; Monitoring; Stopping muon; Water cherenkov detector

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

MUONS; WATER CHERENKOV DETECTORS (WCD);

CERENKOV COUNTERS;

EID: 0032733365     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00920-6     Document Type: Article

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