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Estimation of the Most Probable Muon Energy at Sea Level Using Two-Paddle Cosmic Ray Detectors

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We present a measurement of the most probable cosmic muon energy at near sea level using a two-paddle cosmic ray detector. Muon rates at two different elevations (27 and 326 m) were measured. Data were collected for 2–3 h for each data set at 1 min intervals in the afternoon of successive days. Muon counts were extracted from a Gaussian fit to the distributions of both sets. Despite the fact that only a limited amount of data were collected and measurements were performed at relatively close altitudes, we observed good agreement between the 2.28 ± 0.21 GeV energy measured in this work and the value of 2 GeV that is reported in the literature.

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  1. Department of Physics, Sakarya University, Sakarya, 54187, Turkey

    Mehmet Bektasoglu & Baris T. Tonguc

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Bektasoglu, M., Tonguc, B.T. Estimation of the Most Probable Muon Energy at Sea Level Using Two-Paddle Cosmic Ray Detectors. Arab J Sci Eng 37, 197–200 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-011-0164-3

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