Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with the NEMO Phase-1 detector

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-273

  Aiello, S ^e   Ameli, F ⁱ   Amore, I ^a,l   Anghinolfi, M ^f   Anzalone, A ^a   Barbarino, G ^g,n   Battaglieri, M ^f   Bazzotti, M ^d,k   Bersani, A ^f,m   Beverini, N ^h,o   Biagi, S ^d,k   Bonori, M ^i,p   Bouhadef, B ^h,o   Brunoldi, M ^m   Cacopardo, G ^a   Capone, A ^i,p   Caponetto, L ^e   Carminati, G ^d,k   Chiarusi, T ^d,k   Circella, M ^c   Cocimano, R ^a   Coniglione, R ^a   Cordelli, M ^b   Costa, M ^a   D'Amico, A ^a   De Bonis, G ^h,o   De Marzo, C ^c,j   De Rosa, G ^g   De Ruvo, G ^c   De Vita, R ^f   Distefano, C ^a   Falchini, E ^h,o   Flaminio, V ^h,o   Fratini, K ^f   Gabrielli, A ^d,k   Galata S ^a,l   Gandolfi, E ^d,k   Giacomelli, G ^d,k   Giorgi, F ^d,k   Giovanetti, G ^i,p   Grimaldi, A ^e   Habel, R ^b   Imbesi, M ^a   Kulikovsky, V ^f   Lattuada, D ^a,l   Leonora, E ^e,l   Lonardo, A ⁱ   Lo Presti, D ^e,l   Lucarelli, F ^i,p   Marinelli, A ^h,o   Margiotta, A ^d,k   Martini, A ^b   Masullo, R ^i,p   Migneco, E ^a,l   Minutoli, S ^f   Morganti, M ^h,o   Musico, P ^f   Musumeci, M ^a   Nicolau, C A ⁱ   Orlando, A ^a   Osipenko, M ^f   Papaleo, R ^a   Pappalardo, V ^a   Piattelli, P ^a   Piombo, D ^f   Raia, G ^a   Randazzo, N ^e   Reito, S ^e   Ricco, G ^f,m   Riccobene, G ^a   Ripani, M ^f   Rovelli, A ^a   Ruppi, M ^c,j   Russo, G V ^e,l   Russo, S ^g,n   Sapienza, P ^a   Sciliberto, D ^e   Sedita, M ^a   Shirokov, E ^q   Simeone, F ^i,p   Sipala, V ^e,l   Spurio, M ^d,k   Taiuti, M ^f,m   Trasatti, L ^b   Urso, S ^e   Vecchi, M ^i,p   Vicini, P ⁱ   Wischnewski, R ⁱ   more..

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^p SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^q MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Atmospheric muons; NEMO; Neutrino telescopes

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC POSITIONING SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC MUONS; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; DATA TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MUON TRACKS; NEUTRINO TELESCOPES; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; POSITION SYSTEMS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; TIMING CALIBRATION; UNDERWATER DETECTORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; TOWERS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77950665739     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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