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Atmospheric muons measured with the KM3NeT detectors in comparison with updated numeric predictions

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 15 Jul 2024Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2024 Italy, Italy, Spain, Italy, Italy, France, Italy, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Spain, Spain, Italy Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:The European Physical Journal C, volume 84 (eissn: 1434-6052,

Authors: KM3NeT Collaboration; S. Aiello; A. Albert; M. Alshamsi; S. Alves Garre; A. Ambrosone; F. Ameli; +193 Authors

KM3NeT Collaboration; S. Aiello; A. Albert; M. Alshamsi; S. Alves Garre; A. Ambrosone; F. Ameli; M. Andre; E. Androutsou; M. Anguita; L. Aphecetche; M. Ardid; S. Ardid; A. Arsenic; H. Atmani; J. Aublin; F. Badaracco; L. Bailly-Salins; Z. Bardačová; B. Baret; A. Bariego-Quintana; S. Basegmez du Pree; Y. Becherini; M. Bendahman; F. Benfenati; M. Benhassi; D. M. Benoit; E. Berbee; V. Bertin; S. Biagi; M. Boettcher; D. Bonanno; J. Boumaaza; M. Bouta; M. Bouwhuis; C. Bozza; R. M. Bozza; H. Brânzaş; F. Bretaudeau; M. Breuhaus; R. Bruijn; J. Brunner; R. Bruno; E. Buis; R. Buompane; J. Busto; B. Caiffi; D. Calvo; S. Campion; A. Capone; F. Carenini; V. Carretero; T. Cartraud; P. Castaldi; V. Cecchini; S. Celli; L. Cerisy; M. Chabab; M. Chadolias; A. Chen; S. Cherubini; T. Chiarusi; M. Circella; R. Cocimano; J. A. B. Coelho; A. Coleiro; A. Condorelli; R. Coniglione; P. Coyle; A. Creusot; G. Cuttone; R. Dallier; Y. Darras; A. De Benedittis; B. De Martino; V. Decoene; R. Del Burgo; I. Del Rosso; L. S. Di Mauro; I. Di Palma; A. F. Díaz; C. Diaz; D. Diego-Tortosa; C. Distefano; A. Domi; C. Donzaud; D. Dornic; M. Dörr; E. Drakopoulou; D. Drouhin; J.-G. Ducoin; R. Dvornický; T. Eberl; E. Eckerová; A. Eddymaoui; T. van Eeden; M. Eff; D. van Eijk; I. El Bojaddaini; S. El Hedri; A. Enzenhöfer; G. Ferrara; M. D. Filipović; F. Filippini; D. Franciotti; L. A. Fusco; S. Gagliardini; T. Gal; J. García Méndez; A. Garcia Soto; C. Gatius Oliver; N. Geißelbrecht; H. Ghaddari; L. Gialanella; B. K. Gibson; E. Giorgio; I. Goos; P. Goswami; S. R. Gozzini; R. Gracia; K. Graf; C. Guidi; B. Guillon; M. Gutiérrez; C. Haack; H. van Haren; A. Heijboer; A. Hekalo; L. Hennig; J. J. Hernández-Rey; W. Idrissi Ibnsalih; G. Illuminati; D. Joly; M. de Jong; P. de Jong; B. J. Jung; P. Kalaczyński; O. Kalekin; U. F. Katz; A. Khatun; G. Kistauri; C. Kopper; A. Kouchner; V. Kueviakoe; V. Kulikovskiy; R. Kvatadze; M. Labalme; R. Lahmann; G. Larosa; C. Lastoria; A. Lazo; S. Le Stum; G. Lehaut; E. Leonora; N. Lessing; G. Levi; F. Longhitano; F. Magnani; J. Majumdar; L. Malerba; F. Mamedov; J. Mańczak; A. Manfreda; M. Marconi; A. Margiotta; A. Marinelli; C. Markou; L. Martin; F. Marzaioli; M. Mastrodicasa; S. Mastroianni; S. Miccichè; G. Miele; P. Migliozzi; E. Migneco; M. L. Mitsou; C. M. Mollo; L. Morales-Gallegos; G. Moretti; A. Moussa; I. Mozun Mateo; R. Muller; M. R. Musone; M. Musumeci; S. Navas; A. Nayerhoda; C. A. Nicolau; B. Nkosi; B. Ó. Fearraigh; V. Oliviero; A. Orlando; E. Oukacha; D. Paesani; J. Palacios González; G. Papalashvili; V. Parisi; E. J. Pastor Gomez; A. M. Păun; G. E. Păvălaş; I. Pelegris;

Atmospheric muons measured with the KM3NeT detectors in comparison with updated numeric predictions

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AbstractThe measurement of the flux of muons produced in cosmic ray air showers is essential for the study of primary cosmic rays. Such measurements are important in extensive air shower detectors to assess the energy spectrum and the chemical composition of the cosmic ray flux, complementary to the information provided by fluorescence detectors. Detailed simulations of the cosmic ray air showers are carried out, using codes such as CORSIKA, to estimate the muon flux at sea level. These simulations are based on the choice of hadronic interaction models, for which improvements have been implemented in the post-LHC era. In this work, a deficit in simulations that use state-of-the-art QCD models with respect to the measurement deep underwater with the KM3NeT neutrino detectors is reported. The KM3NeT/ARCA and KM3NeT/ORCA neutrino telescopes are sensitive to TeV muons originating mostly from primary cosmic rays with energies around 10 TeV. The predictions of state-of-the-art QCD models show that the deficit with respect to the data is constant in zenith angle; no dependency on the water overburden is observed. The observed deficit at a depth of several kilometres is compatible with the deficit seen in the comparison of the simulations and measurements at sea level.

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interaction: model, Raigs còsmics, Chemical composition, Extensive air shower detectors, QC770-798, Astrophysics, Cosmic ray air showers, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], KM3NeT, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Cosmic radiation: primary neutrino: detectorquantum chromodynamics: modelmuon: fluxcosmic radiation: fluxinteraction: modeldetector: fluorescenceKM3NeTairTeVshower detectorwaternumerical calculationsenergy spectrumCORSIKA, CORSIKA, QB460-466, neutrino: detector, Muon flux, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, atmospheric muons; neutrino telescope; numeric predictions, cosmic radiation: flux, Primary cosmic rays, [PHYS.HEXP] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], air, water, energy spectrum, FOS: Physical sciences, 530, detector: fluorescence, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, Fluorescence detectors, TeV, Neutrins, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica, Neutrinos, muon: flux, numerical calculations, Cosmic rays, showers: atmosphere, shower detector, Atmospheric muons; KM3NeT; Neutrino telescope; Cosmic Rays;, KM3NeT, atmospheric muons, cosmic rays, neutrino telescope, cosmic radiation: primary, quantum chromodynamics: model, FISICA APLICADA, Showers: atmosphere, Energy spectrum, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [PHYS.ASTR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]

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