Calculated Cosmic-Ray Muon Spectra at High Energies (>20 GeV)
- 1 August 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 4 (3) , 635-638
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.4.635
Abstract
Calculations of sea-level cosmic-ray muon spectra have been made at 75°, 80°, 85°, and 88.75° between 20 and 1000 GeV, and compared with measurements made at Argonne National Laboratory. Although the experimental results are a consistent 60% of the calculated values, leading to too few muons being found at high zenith angles, it is felt that this does not support the Utah anomaly, as the discrepancy is energy- and angle-independent. Similarly, no exotic processes, such as the failure of special relativity, seem to be operating.Keywords
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