Title of article
The L3+C detector, a unique tool-set to study cosmic rays
Author/Authors
Adriani، نويسنده , , O. and van den Akker، نويسنده , , M. and Banerjee، نويسنده , , S. and Bنhr، نويسنده , , J. and Betev، نويسنده , , B. and Bourilkov، نويسنده , , D. and Bottai، نويسنده , , S. and Bobbink، نويسنده , , G. and Cartacci، نويسنده , , A. and Chemarin، نويسنده , , M. and Chen، نويسنده , , G. and Chen، نويسنده , , H.S. and Chiarusi، نويسنده , , T. and Dai، نويسنده , , C.J. and Ding، نويسنده , , L.K. and Duran، نويسنده , , I. and Fa، نويسنده ,
Pages
17
From page
209
To page
225
Abstract
The L3 detector at the CERN electron–positron collider, LEP, has been employed for the study of cosmic ray muons. The muon spectrometer of L3 consists of a set of high-precision drift chambers installed inside a magnet with a volume of about 1000 m3 and a field of 0.5 T. Muon momenta are measured with a resolution of a few percent at 50 GeV. The detector is located under 30 m of overburden. A scintillator air shower array of 54 m by 30 m is installed on the roof of the surface hall above L3 in order to estimate the energy and the core position of the shower associated with a sample of detected muons. Thanks to the unique properties of the L3+C detector, muon research topics relevant to various current problems in cosmic ray and particle astrophysics can be studied.
Keywords
Cosmic rays , L3+C detector , Muon spectrum , Astroparticle physics
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2020184
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