The ANTARES detector was operated in a configuration with five lines for a period of 10 months from February until November 2007. The duty cycle was better than 80% during this period and almost 2×10^7 atmospheric muon triggers were collected. This large sample was used to test Monte Carlo simulation programs and to evaluate possible systematic effects due to uncertainties on environmental parameters and detector description. First results are presented and discussed.
Systematic uncertainties in Monte Carlo simulations of the atmospheric muon flux in the 5-line ANTARES detector / A. Margiotta. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - STAMPA. - 602:(2009), pp. 76-79. (Intervento presentato al convegno 3rd International Workshop on a Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescope for the Mediterranean Sea tenutosi a Toulon, France. nel 22-24 April 2008.) [10.1016/j.nima.2008.12.183].
Systematic uncertainties in Monte Carlo simulations of the atmospheric muon flux in the 5-line ANTARES detector
MARGIOTTA, ANNARITA
2009
Abstract
The ANTARES detector was operated in a configuration with five lines for a period of 10 months from February until November 2007. The duty cycle was better than 80% during this period and almost 2×10^7 atmospheric muon triggers were collected. This large sample was used to test Monte Carlo simulation programs and to evaluate possible systematic effects due to uncertainties on environmental parameters and detector description. First results are presented and discussed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
