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As part of an in-depth investigation of the muon excess observed in ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, one needs to measure the energy characteristics of muon component of extensive air showers (EAS). The mean muon energy can be estimated from the energy deposited in the detector by the muon bundles. In the NEVOD–DECOR experiment, the local muon density and the shower-arrival direction are measured with a track-coordinate detector, and the deposited energy is measured in the Cherenkov calorimeter. The results of the measurements carried out in 17400 h of detector operation are compared with those of the simulation based on the CORSIKA package.
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Original Russian Text © R.P. Kokoulin, A.G. Bogdanov, N.S. Barbashina, L.I. Dushkin, V.V. Kindin, K.G. Kompaniets, G. Mannocchi, A.A. Petrukhin, O. Saavedra, G. Trinchero, V.A. Khomyakov, S.S. Khokhlov, D.V. Chernov, V.V. Shutenko, E.A. Yurina, I.I. Yashin, 2018, published in Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2018, Vol. 49, No. 1.
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Kokoulin, R.P., Bogdanov, A.G., Barbashina, N.S. et al. Measuring the energy deposited by muon bundles of inclined EAS in the NEVOD–DECOR experiment. Phys. Part. Nuclei 49, 101–104 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779618010239
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