A method for detection of muon induced electromagnetic showers with the ANTARES detector

Aguilar JA, Al Samarai I, Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Anvar S, Ardid M, Jesus ACA, Astraatmadja T, Auberth JJ, Baret B, Basa S, Bertin V, Biagl S, Bigi A, Bigongiari C, Bogazzi C, Bou-Cabo M, Bouhou B, Bouwhuis MC, Brunner J, Busto J, Camarena F, Capone A, Carloganu C, Carminati G, Carr J, Cecchini S, Charif Z, Charvis P, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coniglione R, Costantini H, Coyle P, Curtil C, Decowski MP, Dekeyser I, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Dorosti Q, Drouhin D, Eberl T, Emanuele U, Enzenhöfer A, Ernenwein JP, Escoffier S, Fermani P, Ferri M, Flaminio V, Folger F, Fritsch U, Fuda JL, Galata S, Gay P, Giacomelli G, Giordano V, Gomez-Gonzalez JP, Graf K, Guillard G, Halladjian G, Hallewell G, Van Haren H, Hartman J, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herold B, Hößl J, Hsu CC, De Jong M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Kappes A, Katz U, Kavatsyuk O, Kooijman P, Koppe C, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lamare P, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Lefevre D, Lim G, Lo Presti D, Loehner H, Loucatos S, Mangano S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Martinez-Mora JA, Meli A, Montaruli T, Moscoso L, Motz H, Neff M, Nezri E, Palioselitis D, Pavalas GE, Payet K, Payre P, Petrovic J, Piattelli P, Picot-Clemente N, Popa V, Pradier T, Presani E, Racca C, Reed C, Richardt C, Richter R, Riviere C, Robert A, Roensch K, Rostovtsev A, Ruiz-Rivas J, Rujoiu M, Russo GV, Salesa F, Sapienza P, Schoeck F, Schuller JP, Schuessler F, Shanidze R, Simeone F, Spies A, Spurio M, Steijger JJM, Stolarczyk T, Sanchez-Losa A, Taiuti M, Tamburini C, Toscano S, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Vannoni G, Vecchi M, Vernin P, Wijnker G, Wilms J, De Wolf E, Yepes H, Zaborov D, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2012)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Book Volume: 675

Pages Range: 56-62

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.01.060

Abstract

The primary aim of ANTARES is neutrino astronomy with upward going muons created in charged current muon neutrino interactions in the detector and its surroundings. Downward going muons are background for neutrino searches. These muons are the decay products of cosmic-ray collisions in the Earth's atmosphere far above the detector. This paper presents a method to identify and count electromagnetic showers induced along atmospheric muon tracks with the ANTARES detector. The method is applied to both cosmic muon data and simulations and its applicability to the reconstruction of muon event energies is demonstrated. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3) France (FR) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) University of Clermont Auvergne France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Università degli studi "La Sapienza" Italy (IT) University of Paris 6 - Pierre et Marie Curie / Université Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) France (FR) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) University of Bari Aldo Moro / Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Italy (IT) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) University of Bologna / Università di Bologna Italy (IT) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) /Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики Russian Federation (RU) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES)

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APA:

Aguilar, J.A., Al Samarai, I., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G.,... Zuniga, J. (2012). A method for detection of muon induced electromagnetic showers with the ANTARES detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 675, 56-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.01.060

MLA:

Aguilar, J. A., et al. "A method for detection of muon induced electromagnetic showers with the ANTARES detector." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 675 (2012): 56-62.

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