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@ARTICLE{Aartsen:293517,
author = {Aartsen, M. G. and Abraham, K. and Ackermann, M. and Adams,
J. and Aguilar, J. A. and Ahlers, M. and Ahrens, M. and
Altmann, D. and Anderson, T. and Archinger, M. and
Arguelles, C. and Arlen, T. C. and Auffenberg, J. and Bai,
X. and Barwick, S. W. and Baum, V. and Bay, R. and Beatty,
J. J. and Tjus, J. Becker and Becker, K. H. and Beiser, E.
and BenZvi, S. and Berghaus, P. and Berley, D. and
Bernardini, E. and Bernhard, A. and Besson, D. Z. and
Binder, G. and Bindig, D. and Bissok, M. and Blaufuss, E.
and Blumenthal, J. and Boersma, D. J. and Bohm, C. and
Borner, M. and Bos, F. and Bose, D. and Boser, S. and
Botner, O. and Braun, J. and Brayeur, L. and Bretz, H. P.
and Brown, A. M. and Buzinsky, N. and Casey, J. and Casier,
M. and Cheung, E. and Chirkin, D. and Christov, A. and
Christy, B. and Clark, K. and Classen, L. and Coenders, S.
and Cowen, D. F. and Silva, A. H. Cruz and Daughhetee, J.
and Davis, J. C. and Day, M. and de Andre, J. P. A. M. and
De Clercq, C. and Dembinski, H. and De Ridder, S. and
Desiati, P. and de Vries, K. D. and de Wasseige, G. and de
With, M. and DeYoung, T. and Diaz-Velez, J. C. and Dumm, J.
P. and Dunkman, M. and Eagan, R. and Eberhardt, B. and
Ehrhardt, T. and Eichmann, B. and Euler, S. and Evenson, P.
A. and Fadiran, O. and Fahey, S. and Fazely, A. R. and
Fedynitch, A. and Feintzeig, J. and Felde, J. and Filimonov,
K. and Finley, C. and Fischer-Wasels, T. and Flis, S. and
Fuchs, T. and Glagla, M. and Gaisser, T. K. and Gaior, R.
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Zarzhitsky, P. and Zoll, M.},
collaboration = {{IceCube Collaboration}},
title = {{C}haracterization of the {A}tmospheric {M}uon {F}lux in
{I}ce{C}ube},
journal = {Astroparticle physics},
volume = {78},
issn = {0927-6505},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {PUBDB-2016-00599, arXiv:1506.07981},
pages = {1-27},
year = {2016},
note = {(c) Elsevier B.V.},
abstract = {Muons produced in atmospheric cosmic ray showers account
for the by far dominant part of the event yield in
large-volume underground particle detectors. The IceCube
detector, with an instrumented volume of about a cubic
kilometer, has the potential to conduct unique
investigations on atmospheric muons by exploiting the large
collection area and the possibility to track particles over
a long distance. Through detailed reconstruction of energy
deposition along the tracks, the characteristics of muon
bundles can be quantified, and individual particles of
exceptionally high energy identified. The data can then be
used to constrain the cosmic ray primary flux and the
contribution to atmospheric lepton fluxes from prompt decays
of short-lived hadrons. In this paper, techniques for the
extraction of physical measurements from atmospheric muon
events are described and first results are presented. The
multiplicity spectrum of TeV muons in cosmic ray air showers
for primaries in the energy range from the knee to the ankle
is derived and found to be consistent with recent results
from surface detectors. The single-muon energy spectrum is
determined up to PeV energies and shows a clear indication
for the emergence of a distinct spectral component from
prompt decays of short-lived hadrons. The magnitude of the
prompt flux, which should include a substantial contribution
from light vector meson di-muon decays, is consistent with
current theoretical predictions. The variety of measurements
and high event statistics can also be exploited for the
evaluation of systematic effects. In the course of this
study, internal inconsistencies were found which indicate
the presence of an unexplained effect outside the range of
detector systematics. The underlying cause could be related
to the hadronic interaction models used to describe muon
production in air showers.},
keywords = {muon: atmosphere (INSPIRE) / showers: atmosphere (INSPIRE)
/ muon: flux (INSPIRE) / muon: production (INSPIRE) / cosmic
radiation: atmosphere (INSPIRE) / energy: high (INSPIRE) /
cosmic radiation: primary (INSPIRE) / detector: surface
(INSPIRE) / multiplicity: spectrum (INSPIRE) / interaction:
model (INSPIRE) / IceCube (INSPIRE) / tracks (INSPIRE) /
hadron (INSPIRE) / air (INSPIRE) / energy spectrum (INSPIRE)
/ vector meson (INSPIRE) / exceptional (INSPIRE) /
statistics (INSPIRE) / spectral (INSPIRE) / lepton
(INSPIRE)},
cin = {ZEU-ICE},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)ZEU-ICE-20160806},
pnm = {613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF3-613)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-613},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)IceCube-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)29 / PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
eprint = {1506.07981},
howpublished = {arXiv:1506.07981},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
SLACcitation = {$\%\%CITATION$ = $arXiv:1506.07981;\%\%$},
UT = {WOS:000374612500001},
doi = {10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.01.006},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/293517},
}
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