The muon flux of cosmic rays at sea level
- 1 August 1972
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 5 (8) , 1236-1242
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/5/8/016
Abstract
The sea-level absolute vertical integral cosmic ray muon intensities for three momenta near 1 GeV/c at 12 degrees N were measured with a range spectrometer. The results obtained from this measurement are used to derive the intensities at a latitude of 50 degrees N by applying the latitude correction suggested by Olbert (1954). The integral muon intensities are found to be on the average 3.5% lower and 21.6% higher than the values obtained by Allkofer et al. and Rossi respectively. The differential intensities derived from the integral ones are 20% higher than those calculated from Olbert at the same latitude. The results of the other recent measurements on the differential muon intensities in the low energy region in relation to a form spectrum are also discussed.Keywords
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