Muon Flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Abgrall, N, Aguayo, E, Avignone, F T, Barabash, A S, Bertrand, F E, Bradley, A W, Brudanin, V, Busch, M, Buuck, M, Byram, D, Caldwell, A S, Y-D, Chan, Christofferson, C D, P -H Chu, Cuesta, C, Detwiler, J A, Dunagan, C, Efremenko, Yu, Ejiri, H, Elliott, S R, Galindo-Uribarri, A, Gilliss, T, Giovanetti, G K, Goett, J, Green, M P, Gruszko, J, Guinn, I S, Guiseppe, V E, Henning, R, Hoppe, E W, Howard, S, Howe, M A, Jasinski, B R, Keeter, K J, Kidd, M F, Konovalov, S I, Kouzes, R T, LaFerriere, B D, Leon, J, Lopez, A M, MacMullin, J, Martin, R D, Massarczyk, R, Meijer, S J, Mertens, S, Orrell, J L, O'Shaughnessy, C, Overman, N R, Poon, A W P, Radford, D C, Rager, J, Rielage, K, Robertson, R G H, Romero-Romero, E, Ronquest, M C, Schmitt, C, Shanks, B, Shirchenko, M, Snyder, N, Suriano, A M, Tedeschi, D, Trimble, J E, Varner, R L, Vasilyev, S, Vetter, K, Vorren, K, White, B R, Wilkerson, J F, Wiseman, C, W Xu, Yakushev, E, C -H Yu, Yumatov, V, Zhitnikov, I, The Majorana Collaboration
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 08.09.2016
• Subjects: Flux; Muons; Physics - High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors; Physics - Nuclear Experiment
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1602.07742

We report the first measurement of the total MUON flux underground at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the 4850 ft level. Measurements were done with the Majorana Demonstrator veto system arranged in two different configurations. The measured total flux is (5.31+/-0.17) x 10^-9 muons/s/cm^2.