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The prompt-muon flux generated directly from the decay of short-lived particles like D-mesons and Λc-hyperons produced during primary cosmic proton-air collisions has been estimated. The inclusive production cross-sections of charmed particles based on the recombination of quark parton model developed by Bugaevet al. and the primary-nucleon spectrum based on the latest JACEE balloon flight data have been used in this investigation. The derived direct muon spectrum has been compared with the earlier results of Elbertet al., Inazawaet al. Bugaevet al. and Allkofer and Bhattacharyya.
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Pal, P., Bhattacharyya, D.P. & Bhattacharyya, S. Cosmic prompt-muon spectrum at super high energies estimated from the JACEE primary spectrum using recent charmed-particle production cross-sections. Il Nuovo Cimento C 17, 255–264 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02509166
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