Kudryavtsev, V.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-7018-5827, Brook, R.A., Cartwright, S.L. et al. (3 more authors) (2000) Energy calibration of large underwater detectors using stopping muons. Physics Letters B, 494 (3-4). pp. 175-180. ISSN 0370-2693
Abstract
We propose to use stopping cosmic-ray muons in the energy calibration of planned and deployed large underwater detectors. The method is based on the proportionality between the incident muon energy and the length of the muon path before it stops. Simultaneous measurements of the muon path and the amplitude of the signal from the photomultiplier tubes allow a relation between the energy deposited in the sensitive volume of the detector and the observed signal to be derived, and also provide a test of detector simulations. We describe the proposed method and present the results of simulations.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Physics Letters B. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | muons underground; stopping muons; energy calibration; underwater detectors; neutrino telescopes; Monte Carlo simulations; NEUTRINO TELESCOPE |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2017 09:46 |
Last Modified: | 24 Mar 2018 00:37 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01219-3 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01219-3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122091 |