Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with the NEMO Phase-1 detector

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Aiello, S, Ameli, F, Amore, I, Anghinolfi, M, Anzalone, A, Barbarino, G, Battaglieri, M, Bazzotti, M, Bersani, A, Beverini, N, Biagi, S, Bonori, M, Bouhadef, B, Brunoldi, M, Cacopardo, G, Capone, A, Caponetto, L, Carminati, G, Chiarusi, T, Circella, M, Cocimano, R, Coniglione, R, Cordelli, M, Costa, M, D'Amico, A, De Bonis, G, De Marzo, C, De Rosa, G, De Ruvo, G, De Vita, R, Distefano, C, Falchini, E, Flaminio, V, Fratini, K, Gabrielli, A, Galatà, S, Gandolfi, E, Giacomelli, G, Giorgi, F, Giovanetti, G, Grimaldi, A, Habel, R, Imbesi, M, Kulikovsky, V, Lattuada, D, Leonora, E, Lonardo, A, D Lo Presti, Lucarelli, F, Marinelli, A, Margiotta, A, Martini, A, Masullo, R, Migneco, E, Minutoli, S, Morganti, M, Musico, P, Musumeci, M, Nicolau, C A, Orlando, A, Osipenko, M, Papaleo, R, Pappalardo, V, Piattelli, P, Piombo, D, Raia, G, Randazzo, N, Reito, S, Ricco, G, Riccobene, G, Ripani, M, Rovelli, A, Ruppi, M, Russo, G V, Russo, S, Sapienza, P, Sciliberto, D, Sedita, M, Shirokov, E, Simeone, F, Sipala, V, Spurio, M, Taiuti, M, Trasatti, L, Urso, S, Vecchi, M, Vicini, P, Wischnewski, R
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 09.03.2010
• Subjects: Angular distribution; Computer simulation; Data transmission; Electric power distribution; Monte Carlo simulation; Muons; Neutrinos; Photomultiplier tubes; Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; Sensors; Underwater detectors

The NEMO Collaboration installed and operated an underwater detector including prototypes of the critical elements of a possible underwater km3 neutrino telescope: a four-floor tower (called Mini-Tower) and a Junction Box. The detector was developed to test some of the main systems of the km3 detect...