Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with a 4 GeV threshold in the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-90

  Aguilar, J A ^a   Al Samarai, I ^b   Albert, A ^c   Anghinolfi, M ^d   Anton, G ^e   Anvar, S ^f   Ardid, M ^g   Assis Jesus, A C ^h   Astraatmadja, T ^h   Aubert, J J ^b   Auer, R ^e   Baret, B ⁱ   Basa, S ^j   Bazzotti, M ^k,l   Bertin, V ^b   Biagi, S ^k,l   Bigongiari, C ^a   Bou Cabo, M ^g   Bouwhuis, M C ^h   Brown, A ^b   Brunner, J ^b   Busto, J ^b   Camarena, F ^g   Capone, A ^m,n   Carloganu C ^o   Carminati, G ^k,l   Carr, J ^b   Castorina, E ^p,q   Cavasinni, V ^p,q   Cecchini, S ^l,r   Charvis, Ph ^s   Chiarusi, T ^l   Chon Sen, N ^c   Circella, M ^t   Coniglione, R ^u   Costantini, H ^d   Cottini, N ^f   Coyle, P ^b   Curtil, C ^b   De Bonis, G ^m,n   Decowski, M P ^h   Dekeyser, I ^v   Deschamps, A ^s   Distefano, C ^u   Donzaud, C ^i,w   Dornic, D ^b   Drouhin, D ^c   Eberl, T ^e   Emanuele, U ^a   Ernenwein, J P ^b   Escoffier, S ^b   Fehr, F ^e   Flaminio, V ^p,q   Fratini, K ^d,x   Fritsch, U ^e   Fuda, J L ^v   Gay, P ^o   Giacomelli, G ^k,l   Gomez Gonzalez J P ^a   Graf, K ^e   Guillard, G ^af   Halladjian, G ^b   Hallewell, G ^b   van Haren, H ^y   Heijboer, A J ^h   Hello, Y ^s   Hernandez Rey J J ^a   Herold, B ^e   Hoßl J ^e   de Jong, M ^h   Kalantar Nayestanaki, N ^z   Kalekin, O ^e   Kappes, A ^e   Katz, U ^e   Kooijman, P ^h,aa,ab   Kopper, C ^e   Kouchner, A ⁱ   Kretschmer, W ^e   Lahmann, R ^e   Lamare, P ^f   Lambard, G ^b   Larosa, G ^g   Laschinsky, H ^e   Lefevre D ^v   Lelaizant, G ^b   Lim, G ^h,ab   Lo Presti, D ^ac   Loehner, H ^z   Loucatos, S ^f   Lucarelli, F ^m,n   Mangano, S ^a   Marcelin, M ^j   Margiotta, A ^k,l   Martinez Mora, J A ^g   Mazure, A ^j   Montaruli, T ^t,ad   Morganti, M ^p,q   Moscoso, L ^f,i   Motz, H ^e   Naumann, C ^f   Neff, M ^e   Ostasch, R ^e   Palioselitis, G ^h   Pavalas G E ^ae   Payre, P ^b   Petrovic, J ^h   Piattelli, P ^u   Picot Clemente, N ^b   Picq, C ^f   Pillet, R ^s   Popa, V ^ae   Pradier, T ^af   Presani, E ^h   Racca, C ^c   Radu, A ^ae   Reed, C ^b,h   Richardt, C ^e   Rujoiu, M ^ae   Russo, V ^ac   Salesa, F ^a   Sapienza, P ^u   Schoeck, F ^e   Schuller, J P ^f   Shanidze, R ^e   Simeone, F ⁿ   Spurio, M ^k,l   Steijger, J J M ^h   Stolarczyk, Th ^f   Tamburini, C ^v   Tasca, L ^j   Toscano, S ^a   Vallage, B ^f   Van Elewyck, V ⁱ   Vecchi, M ^m,n   Vernin, P ^f   Wijnker, G ^h   de Wolf, E ^h,ab   Yepes, H ^a   Zaborov, D ^ag   Zornoza, J D ^a   Zuniga J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c GRPHE Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Colmar   (France)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f CEA SACLAY   (France)

^g UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^h FOM INSTITUTE DIFFER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^j AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

ⁿ INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^q INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^r OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^t INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^u INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^v STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^w UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^x UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^y ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^z UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^aa UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^ae INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^af INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^ag INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Atmospheric muons; Depth intensity relation; Potassium 40

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; TELESCOPES;

ANTARES; ATMOSPHERIC MUONS; DEEP SEA; DEPTH INTENSITY RELATION; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; MUON FLUX; NEUTRINO TELESCOPES; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE;

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 76549105416     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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