Cosmic muon flux measurements at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility

In this article, the results from a series of muon flux measurements conducted at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF), Virginia, United States, are presented. The detector employed for these investigations, is made of plastic scintillator bars readout by wavelength shifting fibers an...

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Published in:Journal of instrumentation 2014-08, Vol.9 (8), p.P08010-P08010
Main Authors: Kalousis, L N, Guarnaccia, E, Link, J M, Mariani, C, Pelkey, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bars
Cosmic muon flux
Flux
Instrumentation
Kimballton Underground Research Facility
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Multianode photomultiplier tubes
Muon flux dependence on the overburden
Muons
Particle tracking detectors
PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Plastic scintillator bars
Research facilities
Scintillators and scintillating fibres and light guides
Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)
Underground
Underground sites
Wavelength shifting fibers
Wavelengths
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Summary:In this article, the results from a series of muon flux measurements conducted at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF), Virginia, United States, are presented. The detector employed for these investigations, is made of plastic scintillator bars readout by wavelength shifting fibers and multianode photomultiplier tubes. Data was taken at several locations inside KURF, spanning rock overburden values from ~ 200 to 1450 m.w.e. From the extracted muon rates an empirical formula was devised, that estimates the muon flux inside the mine as a function of the overburden. The results are in good agreement with muon flux calculations based on analytical models and MUSIC.
ISSN:1748-0221
1748-0221
DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/9/08/P08010