Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector

P. Adamson; C. Andreopoulos; K. E. Arms; R. Armstrong; D. J. Auty; S. Avvakumov; D. S. Ayres; B. Baller; B. Barish; P. D. Barnes; G. Barr; W. L. Barrett; E. Beall; B. R. Becker; A. Belias; T. Bergfeld; R. H. Bernstein; D. Bhattacharya; M. Bishai; A. Blake; B. Bock; G. J. Bock; J. Boehm; D. J. Boehnlein; D. Bogert; P. M. Border; C. Bower; E. Buckley-Geer; C. Bungau; A. Cabrera; J. D. Chapman; D. Cherdack; S. Childress; B. C. Choudhary; J. H. Cobb; A. J. Culling; J. K. De Jong; A. De Santo; M. Dierckxsens; M. V. Diwan; M. Dorman; D. Drakoulakos; T. Durkin; A. R. Erwin; C. O. Escobar; J. J. Evans; E. Falk Harris; G. J. Feldman; T. H. Fields; R. Ford; M. V. Frohne; H. R. Gallagher; G. A. Giurgiu; A. Godley; J. Gogos; M. C. Goodman; P. Gouffon; R. Gran; E. W. Grashorn; N. Grossman; K. Grzelak; A. Habig; D. Harris; P. G. Harris; J. Hartnell; E. P. Hartouni; R. Hatcher; K. Heller; A. Holin; C. Howcroft; J. Hylen; D. Indurthy; G. M. Irwin; M. Ishitsuka; D. E. Jaffe; C. James; L. Jenner; D. Jensen; T. Joffe-Minor; T. Kafka; H. J. Kang; S. M.S. Kasahara; M. S. Kim; G. Koizumi; S. Kopp; M. Kordosky; D. J. Koskinen; S. K. Kotelnikov; A. Kreymer; S. Kumaratunga; K. Lang; A. Lebedev; R. Lee; J. Ling; J. Liu; P. J. Litchfield; R. P. Litchfield; P. Lucas; W. A. Mann; A. Marchionni; A. D. Marino; M. L. Marshak; J. S. Marshall; N. Mayer; A. M. McGowan; J. R. Meier; G. I. Merzon; M. D. Messier; D. G. Michael; R. H. Milburn; J. L. Miller; W. H. Miller; S. R. Mishra; A. Mislivec; P. S. Miyagawa; C. D. Moore; J. Morfín; L. Mualem; S. Mufson; S. Murgia; J. Musser; D. Naples; J. K. Nelson; H. B. Newman; R. J. Nichol; T. C. Nicholls; J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux; W. P. Oliver; T. Osiecki; R. Ospanov; J. Paley; V. Paolone; A. Para; T. Patzak; Ž Pavlović; G. F. Pearce; C. W. Peck; E. A. Peterson; D. A. Petyt; H. Ping; R. Piteira; R. Pittam; R. K. Plunkett; D. Rahman; R. A. Rameika; T. M. Raufer; B. Rebel; J. Reichenbacher; D. E. Reyna; C. Rosenfeld; H. A. Rubin; K. Ruddick; V. A. Ryabov; R. Saakyan; M. C. Sanchez; N. Saoulidou; J. Schneps; P. Schreiner; V. K. Semenov; S. M. Seun; P. Shanahan; W. Smart; V. Smirnitsky; C. Smith; A. Sousa; B. Speakman; P. Stamoulis; P. A. Symes; N. Tagg; R. L. Talaga; E. Tetteh-Lartey; J. Thomas; J. Thompson; M. A. Thomson; J. L. Thron; G. Tinti; I. Trostin; V. A. Tsarev; G. Tzanakos; J. Urheim; P. Vahle; C. Velissaris; V. Verebryusov; B. Viren; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; M. Watabe; A. Weber; R. C. Webb; A. Wehmann; N. West; C. White; S. G. Wojcicki; D. M. Wright; Q. K. Wu; T. Yang; F. X. Yumiceva; H. Zheng; M. Zois; R. Zwaska

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.052003

Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector

P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos, K. E. Arms, R. Armstrong, D. J. Auty, S. Avvakumov, D. S. Ayres, B. Baller, B. Barish, P. D. Barnes, G. Barr, W. L. Barrett, E. Beall, B. R. Becker, A. Belias, T. Bergfeld, R. H. Bernstein, D. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, A. BlakeB. Bock, G. J. Bock, J. Boehm, D. J. Boehnlein, D. Bogert, P. M. Border, C. Bower, E. Buckley-Geer, C. Bungau, A. Cabrera, J. D. Chapman, D. Cherdack, S. Childress, B. C. Choudhary, J. H. Cobb, A. J. Culling, J. K. De Jong, A. De Santo, M. Dierckxsens, M. V. Diwan, M. Dorman, D. Drakoulakos, T. Durkin, A. R. Erwin, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, E. Falk Harris, G. J. Feldman, T. H. Fields, R. Ford, M. V. Frohne, H. R. Gallagher, G. A. Giurgiu, A. Godley, J. Gogos, M. C. Goodman, P. Gouffon, R. Gran, E. W. Grashorn, N. Grossman, K. Grzelak, A. Habig, D. Harris, P. G. Harris, J. Hartnell, E. P. Hartouni, R. Hatcher, K. Heller, A. Holin, C. Howcroft, J. Hylen, D. Indurthy, G. M. Irwin, M. Ishitsuka, D. E. Jaffe, C. James, L. Jenner, D. Jensen, T. Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, H. J. Kang, S. M.S. Kasahara, M. S. Kim, G. Koizumi, S. Kopp, M. Kordosky, D. J. Koskinen, S. K. Kotelnikov, A. Kreymer, S. Kumaratunga, K. Lang, A. Lebedev, R. Lee, J. Ling, J. Liu, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Litchfield, P. Lucas, W. A. Mann, A. Marchionni, A. D. Marino, M. L. Marshak, J. S. Marshall, N. Mayer, A. M. McGowan, J. R. Meier, G. I. Merzon, M. D. Messier, D. G. Michael, R. H. Milburn, J. L. Miller, W. H. Miller, S. R. Mishra, A. Mislivec, P. S. Miyagawa, C. D. Moore, J. Morfín, L. Mualem, S. Mufson, S. Murgia, J. Musser, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, H. B. Newman, R. J. Nichol, T. C. Nicholls, J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux, W. P. Oliver, T. Osiecki, R. Ospanov, J. Paley, V. Paolone, A. Para, T. Patzak, Ž Pavlović, G. F. Pearce, C. W. Peck, E. A. Peterson, D. A. Petyt, H. Ping, R. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. K. Plunkett, D. Rahman, R. A. Rameika, T. M. Raufer, B. Rebel, J. Reichenbacher, D. E. Reyna, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, K. Ruddick, V. A. Ryabov, R. Saakyan, M. C. Sanchez, N. Saoulidou, J. Schneps, P. Schreiner, V. K. Semenov, S. M. Seun, P. Shanahan, W. Smart, V. Smirnitsky, C. Smith, A. Sousa, B. Speakman, P. Stamoulis, P. A. Symes, N. Tagg, R. L. Talaga, E. Tetteh-Lartey, J. Thomas, J. Thompson, M. A. Thomson, J. L. Thron, G. Tinti, I. Trostin, V. A. Tsarev, G. Tzanakos, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, C. Velissaris, V. Verebryusov, B. Viren, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, M. Watabe, A. Weber, R. C. Webb, A. Wehmann, N. West, C. White, S. G. Wojcicki, D. M. Wright, Q. K. Wu, T. Yang, F. X. Yumiceva, H. Zheng, M. Zois, R. Zwaska

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The 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking charge-separated cosmic ray muon data since the beginning of August, 2003 at a depth of 207 m.w.e. in the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. The data with both forward and reversed magnetic field running configurations were combined to minimize systematic errors in the determination of the underground muon charge ratio. When averaged, two independent analyses find the charge ratio underground to be Nμ+/Nμ-=1.374±0.004(stat)-0.010+0.012(sys). Using the map of the Soudan rock overburden, the muon momenta as measured underground were projected to the corresponding values at the surface in the energy range 1-7 TeV. Within this range of energies at the surface, the MINOS data are consistent with the charge ratio being energy independent at the 2 standard deviation level. When the MINOS results are compared with measurements at lower energies, a clear rise in the charge ratio in the energy range 0.3-1.0 TeV is apparent. A qualitative model shows that the rise is consistent with an increasing contribution of kaon decays to the muon charge ratio.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	052003
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	76
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.052003
State	Published - Sep 20 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Adamson, P., Andreopoulos, C., Arms, K. E., Armstrong, R., Auty, D. J., Avvakumov, S., Ayres, D. S., Baller, B., Barish, B., Barnes, P. D., Barr, G., Barrett, W. L., Beall, E., Becker, B. R., Belias, A., Bergfeld, T., Bernstein, R. H., Bhattacharya, D., Bishai, M., ... Zwaska, R. (2007). Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 76(5), Article 052003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.052003

Adamson, P, Andreopoulos, C, Arms, KE, Armstrong, R, Auty, DJ, Avvakumov, S, Ayres, DS, Baller, B, Barish, B, Barnes, PD, Barr, G, Barrett, WL, Beall, E, Becker, BR, Belias, A, Bergfeld, T, Bernstein, RH, Bhattacharya, D, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bock, B, Bock, GJ, Boehm, J, Boehnlein, DJ, Bogert, D, Border, PM, Bower, C, Buckley-Geer, E, Bungau, C, Cabrera, A, Chapman, JD, Cherdack, D, Childress, S, Choudhary, BC, Cobb, JH, Culling, AJ, De Jong, JK, De Santo, A, Dierckxsens, M, Diwan, MV, Dorman, M, Drakoulakos, D, Durkin, T, Erwin, AR, Escobar, CO, Evans, JJ, Harris, EF, Feldman, GJ, Fields, TH, Ford, R, Frohne, MV, Gallagher, HR, Giurgiu, GA, Godley, A, Gogos, J, Goodman, MC, Gouffon, P, Gran, R, Grashorn, EW, Grossman, N, Grzelak, K, Habig, A, Harris, D, Harris, PG, Hartnell, J, Hartouni, EP, Hatcher, R, Heller, K, Holin, A, Howcroft, C, Hylen, J, Indurthy, D, Irwin, GM, Ishitsuka, M, Jaffe, DE, James, C, Jenner, L, Jensen, D, Joffe-Minor, T, Kafka, T, Kang, HJ, Kasahara, SMS, Kim, MS, Koizumi, G, Kopp, S, Kordosky, M, Koskinen, DJ, Kotelnikov, SK, Kreymer, A, Kumaratunga, S, Lang, K, Lebedev, A, Lee, R, Ling, J, Liu, J, Litchfield, PJ, Litchfield, RP, Lucas, P, Mann, WA, Marchionni, A, Marino, AD, Marshak, ML, Marshall, JS, Mayer, N, McGowan, AM, Meier, JR, Merzon, GI, Messier, MD, Michael, DG, Milburn, RH, Miller, JL, Miller, WH, Mishra, SR, Mislivec, A, Miyagawa, PS, Moore, CD, Morfín, J, Mualem, L, Mufson, S, Murgia, S, Musser, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Newman, HB, Nichol, RJ, Nicholls, TC, Ochoa-Ricoux, JP, Oliver, WP, Osiecki, T, Ospanov, R, Paley, J, Paolone, V, Para, A, Patzak, T, Pavlović, Ž, Pearce, GF, Peck, CW, Peterson, EA, Petyt, DA, Ping, H, Piteira, R, Pittam, R, Plunkett, RK, Rahman, D, Rameika, RA, Raufer, TM, Rebel, B, Reichenbacher, J, Reyna, DE, Rosenfeld, C, Rubin, HA, Ruddick, K, Ryabov, VA, Saakyan, R, Sanchez, MC, Saoulidou, N, Schneps, J, Schreiner, P, Semenov, VK, Seun, SM, Shanahan, P, Smart, W, Smirnitsky, V, Smith, C, Sousa, A, Speakman, B, Stamoulis, P, Symes, PA, Tagg, N, Talaga, RL, Tetteh-Lartey, E, Thomas, J, Thompson, J, Thomson, MA, Thron, JL, Tinti, G, Trostin, I, Tsarev, VA, Tzanakos, G, Urheim, J, Vahle, P, Velissaris, C, Verebryusov, V, Viren, B, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watabe, M, Weber, A, Webb, RC, Wehmann, A, West, N, White, C, Wojcicki, SG, Wright, DM, Wu, QK, Yang, T, Yumiceva, FX, Zheng, H, Zois, M & Zwaska, R 2007, 'Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 76, no. 5, 052003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.052003

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AU - Auty, D. J.

AU - Avvakumov, S.

AU - Ayres, D. S.

AU - Baller, B.

AU - Barish, B.

AU - Barnes, P. D.

AU - Barr, G.

AU - Barrett, W. L.

AU - Beall, E.

AU - Becker, B. R.

AU - Belias, A.

AU - Bergfeld, T.

AU - Bernstein, R. H.

AU - Bhattacharya, D.

AU - Bishai, M.

AU - Blake, A.

AU - Bock, B.

AU - Bock, G. J.

AU - Boehm, J.

AU - Boehnlein, D. J.

AU - Bogert, D.

AU - Border, P. M.

AU - Bower, C.

AU - Buckley-Geer, E.

AU - Bungau, C.

AU - Cabrera, A.

AU - Chapman, J. D.

AU - Cherdack, D.

AU - Childress, S.

AU - Choudhary, B. C.

AU - Cobb, J. H.

AU - Culling, A. J.

AU - De Jong, J. K.

AU - De Santo, A.

AU - Dierckxsens, M.

AU - Diwan, M. V.

AU - Dorman, M.

AU - Drakoulakos, D.

AU - Durkin, T.

AU - Erwin, A. R.

AU - Escobar, C. O.

AU - Evans, J. J.

AU - Harris, E. Falk

AU - Feldman, G. J.

AU - Fields, T. H.

AU - Ford, R.

AU - Frohne, M. V.

AU - Gallagher, H. R.

AU - Giurgiu, G. A.

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AU - Gogos, J.

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AU - Grossman, N.

AU - Grzelak, K.

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AU - Harris, D.

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AU - Irwin, G. M.

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AU - Jensen, D.

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AU - Kim, M. S.

AU - Koizumi, G.

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AU - Liu, J.

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AU - Mayer, N.

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AU - Merzon, G. I.

AU - Messier, M. D.

AU - Michael, D. G.

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AU - Miller, J. L.

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AU - Mishra, S. R.

AU - Mislivec, A.

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AU - Mualem, L.

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AU - Newman, H. B.

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AU - Nicholls, T. C.

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AU - Oliver, W. P.

AU - Osiecki, T.

AU - Ospanov, R.

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AU - Paolone, V.

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AU - Piteira, R.

AU - Pittam, R.

AU - Plunkett, R. K.

AU - Rahman, D.

AU - Rameika, R. A.

AU - Raufer, T. M.

AU - Rebel, B.

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AU - Trostin, I.

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AU - Tzanakos, G.

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AU - Vahle, P.

AU - Velissaris, C.

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AU - Watabe, M.

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AU - White, C.

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AU - Wu, Q. K.

AU - Yang, T.

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PY - 2007/9/20

Y1 - 2007/9/20

N2 - The 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking charge-separated cosmic ray muon data since the beginning of August, 2003 at a depth of 207 m.w.e. in the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. The data with both forward and reversed magnetic field running configurations were combined to minimize systematic errors in the determination of the underground muon charge ratio. When averaged, two independent analyses find the charge ratio underground to be Nμ+/Nμ-=1.374±0.004(stat)-0.010+0.012(sys). Using the map of the Soudan rock overburden, the muon momenta as measured underground were projected to the corresponding values at the surface in the energy range 1-7 TeV. Within this range of energies at the surface, the MINOS data are consistent with the charge ratio being energy independent at the 2 standard deviation level. When the MINOS results are compared with measurements at lower energies, a clear rise in the charge ratio in the energy range 0.3-1.0 TeV is apparent. A qualitative model shows that the rise is consistent with an increasing contribution of kaon decays to the muon charge ratio.

AB - The 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking charge-separated cosmic ray muon data since the beginning of August, 2003 at a depth of 207 m.w.e. in the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. The data with both forward and reversed magnetic field running configurations were combined to minimize systematic errors in the determination of the underground muon charge ratio. When averaged, two independent analyses find the charge ratio underground to be Nμ+/Nμ-=1.374±0.004(stat)-0.010+0.012(sys). Using the map of the Soudan rock overburden, the muon momenta as measured underground were projected to the corresponding values at the surface in the energy range 1-7 TeV. Within this range of energies at the surface, the MINOS data are consistent with the charge ratio being energy independent at the 2 standard deviation level. When the MINOS results are compared with measurements at lower energies, a clear rise in the charge ratio in the energy range 0.3-1.0 TeV is apparent. A qualitative model shows that the rise is consistent with an increasing contribution of kaon decays to the muon charge ratio.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.052003

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.052003

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:34748877869

SN - 1550-7998

VL - 76

JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

IS - 5

M1 - 052003

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Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector

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