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Charge ratio of muons from atmospheric neutrinos
We calculate the intensities and angular distributions of positive and
negative muons produced by atmospheric neutrinos. We comment on some sources of
uncertainty in the charge ratio. We also draw attention to a potentially
interesting signature of neutrino oscillations in the muon charge ratio, and we
discuss the prospects for its observation (which are not quite within the reach
of currently planned magnetized detectors).Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, to be submitted to Physics Letter
Atmospheric Lepton Fluxes
This review of atmospheric muons and neutrinos emphasizes the high energy
range relevant for backgrounds to high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical
origin. After a brief historical introduction, the main distinguishing features
of atmospheric and are discussed, along with the implications
of the muon charge ratio for the ratio. Methods to
account for effects of the knee in the primary cosmic-ray spectrum and the
energy-dependence of hadronic interactions on the neutrino fluxes are discussed
and illustrated in the context of recent results from IceCube. A simple
numerical/analytic method is proposed for systematic investigation of
uncertainties in neutrino fluxes arising from uncertainties in the primary
cosmic-ray spectrum/composition and hadronic interactions.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, for Proceedings of ISVHECRI 2014 This revised
version corrects a typo in Eq. 11. There are no changes in the results (the
typo was only in the LaTeX, not in the code
A Comparative Study of the Depth of Maximum of Simulated Air Shower Longitudinal Profiles
A comparative study of simulated air shower longitudinal profiles is
presented. An appropriate thinning level for the calculations is first
determined empirically. High statistics results are then provided, over a wide
energy range, (10^14.0 to 10^20.5 eV), for proton & iron primaries, using four
combinations of the MOCCA & CORSIKA program frameworks, and the SIBYLL & QGSJET
high energy hadronic interaction models. These results are compared to existing
experimental data. The way in which the first interaction controls Xmax is
investigated, as is the distribution of Xmax.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures. Accepted by Astroparticle Physics. (Revised
according to referee's comments.
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