Measurement of the decoherence function with the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 46 (11), 4836-4845
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.46.4836
Abstract
A measurement of the underground muon decoherence function has been performed using the multiple muon events collected by the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. A detector-independent analysis is presented for different zenith regions and rock depths; this allows direct comparison with any model of hadronic interactions. The measured decoherence function is compared with the predictions of a Monte Carlo simulation based on data taken by recent collider experiments.Keywords
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