MUON ASTROPHYSICS WITH THE MACRO DETECTOR Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Muon events collected with the streamer tube system of MACRO have been used to study the vertical muon intensity and to search for astrophysical point sources. New upper limits on the muon fluxes coming from source candidates have been obtained. The pair distance distribution and multimuon rates are presented and compared with Monte Carlo predictions for different primary cosmic rays composition models. 1994.

published proceedings

  • NUCLEAR PHYSICS B

author list (cited authors)

  • BERNARDINI, P., AHLEN, S., AMBROSIO, M., ANTOLINI, R., AURIEMMA, G., BAKER, R., ... WORSTELL, W.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • BERNARDINI, P||AHLEN, S||AMBROSIO, M||ANTOLINI, R||AURIEMMA, G||BAKER, R||BALDINI, A||BARBARINO, GC||BARISH, BC||BATTISTONI, G||BELLOTTI, R||BEMPORAD, C||BILOKON, H||BISI, V||BLOISE, C||BOWER, C||BUSSINO, S||CAFAGNA, F||CALICCHIO, M||CAMPANA, D||CARBONI, M||CECCHINI, S||CEI, F||CHIARELLA, V||CORONA, A||COUTU, S||DECATALDO, G||DEKHISSI, H||DEMARZO, C||DEVINCENZI, M||DICREDICO, A||DIEHL, E||ERRIQUEZ, O||FAVUZZI, C||FORTI, C||FUSCO, P||GIACOMELLI, G||GIANNINI, G||GIGLIETTO, N||GRASSI, M||GREEN, P||GRILLO, A||GUARINO, F||GUARNACCIA, P||GUSTAVINO, C||HABIG, A||HANSON, K||HEINZ, R||HONG, JT||IAROCCI, E||KATSAVOUNIDIS, E||KEARNS, E||KYRIAZOPOULOU, S||LAMANNA, E||LANE, C||LEVIN, D||LIPARI, P||LIU, G||LIU, R||LONGO, MJ||LU, Y||LUDLAM, G||MANCARELLA, G||MANDRIOLI, G||MARGIOTTANERI, A||MARIN, A||MARINI, A||MARTELLO, D||CHIESA, AM||MAZZIOTTA, MN||MICHAEL, DG||MIKHEYEV, SP||MILLER, L||MITTELBRUN, M||MONACELLI, P||MONTENO, M||MUFSON, S||MUSSER, J||NICOLO, D||NOLTY, R||OKADA, C||OSTERIA, G||PALAMARA, O||PARLATI, S||PATERA, V||PATRIZII, L||PAVESI, B||PAZZI, R||PECK, CW||PETRAKIS, J||PETRERA, S||PIGNATANO, ND||PISTILLI, P||RAINO, A||REYNOLDSON, J||RONGA, F||SANZGIRI, A||SATRIANO, C||SATTA, L||SCAPPARONE, E||SCHOLBERG, K||SCIUBBA, A||LUGARESI, PS||SEVERI, M||SITTA, M||SPINELLI, P||SPINETTI, M||SPURIO, M||STEELE, J||STEINBERG, R||STONE, JL||SULAK, LR||SURDO, A||TARLE, G||TOGO, V||VALENTE, V||VILELA, E||WALTER, CW||WEBB, R||WORSTELL, W

publication date

  • January 1994