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Role of inelastic scattering on nuclei in cosmic-ray muon transport through matter

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Spectra of hadron showers formed by cosmic-ray muons in water are calculated for two models of inelastic muon scattering on nuclei. The shape of these spectra depends on the model, and the difference is rather significant (by a factor of ∼2) for showers with very high energies. It is demonstrated that the integral muon spectra at great depths in water, calculated for a hybrid model of muon-nucleus interaction, are also significantly distorted for E > 100 TeV in comparison with the spectra calculated for the generalized model of vector dominance.

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 87–90, May, 2006.

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Lokhtin, K.S., Sinegovskii, S.I. Role of inelastic scattering on nuclei in cosmic-ray muon transport through matter. Russ Phys J 49, 552–555 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-006-0140-7

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