Seasonal variation of multiple-muon cosmic ray air showers observed in the NOvA detector on the surface

0545345 - FZÚ 2022 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Acero, M. A. - Adamson, P. - Aliaga, L. - Filip, Peter - Hakl, František - Lokajíček, Miloš - Zálešák, Jaroslav … celkem 197 autorů
Seasonal variation of multiple-muon cosmic ray air showers observed in the NOvA detector on the surface.
Physical Review D. Roč. 104, č. 1 (2021), č. článku 012014. ISSN 2470-0010. E-ISSN 2470-0029
Výzkumná infrastruktura: Fermilab-CZ II - 90113
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271 ; RVO:67985807
Klíčová slova: NOvA * flux: time dependence * multiplicity: dependence
Obor OECD: Particles and field physics; Particles and field physics (UIVT-O)
Impakt faktor: 5.407, rok: 2021
Způsob publikování: Open access

We report the rate of cosmic ray air showers with multiplicities exceeding 15 muon tracks recorded in the NOvA Far Detector between May 2016 and May 2018. The detector is located on the surface under an overburden of 3.6 meters water equivalent. We observe a seasonal dependence in the rate of multiple-muon showers, which varies in magnitude with multiplicity and zenith angle. During this period, the effective atmospheric temperature and surface pressure ranged between 210 K and 230 K and 940 mbar and 990 mbar, respectively, the shower rates are anticorrelated with the variation in the effective temperature. The variations are about 30% larger for the highest multiplicities than the lowest multiplicities and 20% larger for showers near the horizon than vertical showers.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0322059