کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1770973 1523384 2012 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Calculation of the Cherenkov light yield from low energetic secondary particles accompanying high-energy muons in ice and water with Geant4 simulations
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم نجوم و فیزیک نجومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Calculation of the Cherenkov light yield from low energetic secondary particles accompanying high-energy muons in ice and water with Geant4 simulations
چکیده انگلیسی

In this work we investigate and parameterize the amount and angular distribution of Cherenkov photons, which are generated by low-energy secondary particles (typically ≲500≲500 MeV), which accompany a muon track in water or ice. These secondary particles originate from small energy loss processes. We investigate the contributions of the different energy loss processes as a function of the muon energy and the maximum transferred energy. For the calculation of the angular distribution we have developed a generic transformation method, which allows us to derive the angular distribution of Cherenkov photons for an arbitrary distribution of track directions and their velocities.


► High energy muons in neutrino telescopes are accompanied by secondary particles.
► Secondary particles from small energy losses (<0.5 GeV) appear almost continuously.
► These particles increase the Cherenkov light yield by some ten percent.
► We parametrize the additional light yield and its angular distribution.
► A generic method to calculate the angular photon distribution is presented.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Astroparticle Physics - Volume 38, October 2012, Pages 53–67
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