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The results of the study of the near-horizontal muon flux in the zenith angle range of 85–95 degrees are presented. In particular, the so-called albedo muons (atmospheric muons backscattered in the ground to the upper hemisphere are recorded in this range. The data of measurement series performed at the NEVOD-DECOR experimental complex are analyzed for 30 thousand of “live” time hours. Multiple Coulomb scattering of muons in the ground is simulated by theMonte-Carlo method using various models. The measured muon flux intensity is compared with the simulation results.
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Original Russian Text © E.I. Yakovleva, V.A. Khomyakov, S.S. Khokhlov, 2016, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2016, Vol. 43, No. 10, pp. 14–19.
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Yakovleva, E.I., Khomyakov, V.A. & Khokhlov, S.S. Results of measurements of the atmospheric muon flux in the zenith angle range of 85°–95°. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 43, 298–301 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335616100031
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