Muons are copiously produced within hadronic extensive air showers (EAS) occurring in the Earth's atmosphere, and are used by particle air shower detectors as a means of identifying the primary cosmic ray which initiated the EAS. Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), designed for the detection of gamma-ray initiated EAS for the purposes of Very High Energy (VHE) y-ray astronomy, are subject to a considerable background signal due to hadronic EAS. Although hadronic EAS are typically rejected for gamma-ray analysis purposes, single muons produced within such showers generate clearly identifiable signals in IACTs and muon images are routinely retained and used for calibration purposes. For IACT arrays operating with a stereoscopic ...
Muons produced in atmospheric cosmic ray showers account for the by far dominant part of the event y...
Muons of energies above 1 TeV produced in cosmic ray induced air showers account for the vast majori...
The presence of muons in air-showers initiated by cosmic ray protons and nuclei is well established ...
Muons are copiously produced within hadronic extensive air showers (EAS) occurring in the Earth’s at...
The origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) has been a long-standing mystery. One of the un...
International audienceThe muon component of extensive air showers (EAS) initiated by cosmic-ray part...
One of the uncertainties in ultrahigh energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observation derives from the hadroni...
The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory provides information about the longitudin...
The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory provides information about the longitudin...
Muons produced in atmospheric cosmic ray showers account for the by far dominant part of the event y...
Muons of energies above 1 TeV produced in cosmic ray induced air showers account for the vast majori...
The presence of muons in air-showers initiated by cosmic ray protons and nuclei is well established ...
Muons are copiously produced within hadronic extensive air showers (EAS) occurring in the Earth’s at...
The origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) has been a long-standing mystery. One of the un...
International audienceThe muon component of extensive air showers (EAS) initiated by cosmic-ray part...
One of the uncertainties in ultrahigh energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observation derives from the hadroni...
The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory provides information about the longitudin...
The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory provides information about the longitudin...
Muons produced in atmospheric cosmic ray showers account for the by far dominant part of the event y...
Muons of energies above 1 TeV produced in cosmic ray induced air showers account for the vast majori...
The presence of muons in air-showers initiated by cosmic ray protons and nuclei is well established ...