Title :
Terrestrial Muon Flux Measurement at Low Energies for Soft Error Studies
Author :
Blackmore, Ewart W. ; Stukel, Matthew ; Trinczek, Michael ; Slayman, Charles ; Shi-Jie Wen ; Wong, Richard
Author_Institution :
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
A large volume scintillator detector has been used to measure the terrestrial stopping muon rate under different conditions of location, altitude, shielding and weather to determine the range of variation of the low energy muon flux. About 1 year of data has been collected under different conditions. This data can then be used to compare with cosmic ray muon simulations and to estimate the soft error rate due to direct ionization of muons.
Keywords :
cosmic ray muons; solid scintillation detectors; cosmic ray muon simulations; large volume scintillator detector; low-energy muon flux; soft error rate; terrestrial muon flux measurement; terrestrial stopping muon rate; Atmospheric measurements; Detectors; Energy measurement; Mesons; Neutrons; Particle measurements; Scintillation counters; Cosmic ray muons; FLUKA; direct ionization; neutrons; plastic scintillator detector; soft error rate;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2015.2498103
