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We present the measurement of the the flux and angular distribution of atmospheric muon neutrinos using the MACRO detector. Three different event topologies are detected in two different energy ranges. High energy neutrinos (E~80 GeV) via…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Spurio

We present a new one-dimensional calculation of low and intermediate energy atmospheric muon and neutrino fluxes, using up-to-date data on primary cosmic rays and hadronic interactions. The existing agreement between calculated muon fluxes…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Fiorentini , V. A. Naumov , F. L. Villante

High energy neutrino astronomy has seen significant progress in the past few years. This includes the detection of neutrino flux from the Galactic plane, as well as strong evidence for neutrino emission from the active galaxy NGC 1068, both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-11 Dmitry Zaborov

Numerical weather prediction requires initial estimates of the atmospheric state. Since the atmospheric density field is intricately woven into the atmosphere's governing equations, advancing atmospheric density estimation will improve…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-09-08 William Luszczak , Man-Yau Chan

Cosmic muons are highly energetic and penetrative particles and these figures are used for imaging of large and dense objects such as spent nuclear fuels in casks and special nuclear materials in cargo. Cosmic muon intensity depends on the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-28 Junghyun Bae , Stylianos Chatzidakis , Robert Bean

Recent results obtained from leading cosmic ray experiments indicate that simulations using LHC-tuned hadronic interaction models underestimate the number of muons in extensive air showers compared to experimental data. This is the…

We use likelihood approach for search for local astrophysical neutrino sources in unbinned versus binned methods with Baikal deep underwater telescopes. We analyze neutrino data sample selected with NT200 telescope for 1038 live days by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-11 O. V. Suvorova , T. A. Ovsiannikova

We explore the feasibility of estimating primary cosmic ray composition at high energies from the study of two parameters of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) at ground and underground level with Monte Carlo simulations using the new EPOS and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-12 A. Tapia , D. Melo , F. Sánchez , A. Sedoski Croce , J. M. Figueira , B. García , N. González , M. Josebachuili , D. Ravignani , B. Wundheiler , A. Etchegoyen

Baikal-GVD is a large ($\sim$1 km$^3$) underwater neutrino telescope installed in the fresh waters of Lake Baikal. The deep lake water environment is pervaded by background light, which is detectable by Baikal-GVD's photosensors. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-11 I. Kharuk , G. Rubtsov , G. Safronov

In the current paper, we analyzed the variation of cosmic radiation flux with elevation, time of the year and ambient temperature with the help of a portable cosmic muon detector, the construction of which was completed by a team from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-03-02 Nepal Ramesh , Martin Hawron , Clayton Martin , Abdel Bachri

We present a detailed modeling and computation methodology to determine the optical Cherenkov signals produced by upward-moving extensive air showers (EASs) induced by $\tau$-leptons and muons, sourced from the interaction of high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-03 A. L. Cummings , R. Aloisio , J. F. Krizmanic

High-energy cosmic rays are observed indirectly by detecting the extensive air showers initiated in Earth's atmosphere. The interpretation of experimental data relies on accurate modeling of the air shower development. Simulations based on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-23 Lilly Pyras , Dennis Soldin , Felix Riehn

The possibility of detecting Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) in TeV energy range using large area muon detectors like AMANDA and Lake Baikal detector is examined. These detectors can detect TeV energy photons by detecting the secondary muons created…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nayantara Gupta , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee

The parameters of the seasonal modulations (variations) in the intensity of muons and cosmogenic neutrons generated by them at a mean muon energy of 280 GeV have been determined in the LVD (Large Volume Detector) experiment. The modulations…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-03-15 A. S. Malgin

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory provides the opportunity to perform unique measurements of cosmic-ray air showers with its combination of a surface array and a deep detector. Electromagnetic particles and low-energy muons ($\sim$GeV) are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-21 Stef Verpoest , Dennis Soldin , Sam De Ridder

In this article a new method is proposed for estimating the mass composition of cosmic rays in individual events with energies above $1.25 \times 10^{19}$ eV. It is based on a joint analysis of experimental data and simulation results…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-18 A. V. Glushkov , L. T. Ksenofontov , K. G. Lebedev , A. Sabourov

IceCube is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov detector in the deep ice at the geographic South Pole. The dominant event yield is produced by penetrating atmospheric muons with energies above several 100 GeV. Due to its large detector volume,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-22 D. Soldin

We review the present status of the Baikal Neutrino Project. The construction and performance of the large deep underwater Cherenkov detector for muons and neutrinos, NT-200, which is currently under construction in Lake Baikal are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The Baikal Collaboration

Atmospheric muons are the most frequently observed form of cosmic radiation. Despite this, the existence of the muon flux component produced in decays of short-lived parent particles, called prompt muon flux still awaits experimental…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-02-07 Piotr Kalaczyński

Atmospheric muons are important probes for studying primary cosmic rays and extensive air showers. Additionally, they constitute a significant background for many underground and deep-sea neutrino experiments, such as TRopIcal DEep-sea…