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Dependence of the Energy Deposit of Muon Bundles on Local Muon Density and Zenith Angle

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Energy characteristics of the muon component of extensive air showers (EASes) are investigated at the NEVOD experimental complex in order to solve the problem of a detected excess of muons in EASes at ultrahigh energies, relative to simulation results. The dependences of the energy deposit of muon bundles on the zenith angle and the local muon density are obtained for primary energies of 10–1000 PeV. The results from comparing the data to simulations performed with the CORSIKA program are presented.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was performed at the NEVOD Experimental Complex. Simulations were performed using the resources at the high-performance computing center of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI.

Funding

This work was supported by the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education as part of a State Task; by the Program for Increasing the Competitiveness of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, project no. 02.а03.21.0005; and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-02-00971-а.

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  1. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409, Moscow, Russia

    E. A. Yurina, N. S. Barbashina, A. G. Bogdanov, V. V. Kindin, R. P. Kokoulin, K. G. Kompaniets, A. A. Petrukhin, V. A. Khomyakov, S. S. Khokhlov, V. V. Shutenko & I. I. Yashin

  2. Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino–INAF, 10025, Torino, Italy

    G. Mannocchi & G. Trinchero

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’ Universita di Torino, 10125, Torino, Italy

    O. Saavedra

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Yurina, E.A., Barbashina, N.S., Bogdanov, A.G. et al. Dependence of the Energy Deposit of Muon Bundles on Local Muon Density and Zenith Angle. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 83, 937–940 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873819080392

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