کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1770973 | 1523384 | 2012 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

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.
Journal: Astroparticle Physics - Volume 38, October 2012, Pages 53–67