Professor Dr.rer.nat. Dipl.Phys. Alfons Weber FInstP, MA Ox: Publications

Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS far detector

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 81:1 (2010)

Authors:

P Adamson, C Andreopoulos, KE Arms, R Armstrong, DJ Auty, DS Ayres, C Backhouse, J Barnett, G Barr, WL Barrett, BR Becker, M Bishai, A Blake, B Bock, GJ Bock, DJ Boehnlein, D Bogert, C Bower, S Cavanaugh, JD Chapman, D Cherdack, S Childress, BC Choudhary, JH Cobb, SJ Coleman, D Cronin-Hennessy, AJ Culling, IZ Danko, JK De Jong, NE Devenish, MV Diwan, M Dorman, CO Escobar, JJ Evans, E Falk, GJ Feldman, TH Fields, MV Frohne, HR Gallagher, A Godley, MC Goodman, P Gouffon, R Gran, EW Grashorn, K Grzelak, A Habig, D Harris, PG Harris, J Hartnell, R Hatcher, K Heller, A Himmel, A Holin, J Hylen, GM Irwin, Z Isvan, DE Jaffe, C James, D Jensen, T Kafka, SMS Kasahara, G Koizumi, S Kopp, M Kordosky, K Korman, DJ Koskinen, Z Krahn, A Kreymer, K Lang, J Ling, PJ Litchfield, L Loiacono, P Lucas, J Ma, WA Mann, ML Marshak, JS Marshall, N Mayer, AM McGowan, R Mehdiyev, JR Meier, MD Messier, CJ Metelko, DG Michael, WH Miller, SR Mishra, J Mitchell, CD Moore, J Morfín, L Mualem, S Mufson, J Musser, D Naples, JK Nelson, HB Newman, RJ Nichol, TC Nicholls, JP Ochoa-Ricoux, WP Oliver, T Osiecki

Abstract:

The temperature of the upper atmosphere affects the height of primary cosmic ray interactions and the production of high-energy cosmic ray muons which can be detected deep underground. The MINOS far detector at Soudan, MN, has collected over 67×106 cosmic ray induced muons. The underground muon rate measured over a period of five years exhibits a 4% peak-to-peak seasonal variation which is highly correlated with the temperature in the upper atmosphere. The coefficient, αT, relating changes in the muon rate to changes in atmospheric temperature was found to be αT=0.873±0. 009(stat)±0.010(syst). Pions and kaons in the primary hadronic interactions of cosmic rays in the atmosphere contribute differently to αT due to the different masses and lifetimes. This allows the measured value of αT to be interpreted as a measurement of the K/π ratio for Ep 7TeV of 0.12-0.05+0.07, consistent with the expectation from collider experiments. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

ArXiv 1001.0336 (2010)

Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector

PHYSICAL REVIEW D 81:7 (2010) ARTN 072002

Authors:

P Adamson, C Andreopoulos, KE Arms, R Armstrong, DJ Auty, DS Ayres, C Backhouse, PD Jr Barnes, G Barr, WL Barrett, D Bhattacharya, M Bishai, A Blake, GJ Bock, DJ Boehnlein, D Bogert, C Bower, S Cavanaugh, JD Chapman, D Cherdack, S Childress, BC Choudhary, JAB Coelho, SJ Coleman, D Cronin-Hennessy, AJ Culling, IZ Danko, JK de Jong, NE Devenish, MV Diwan, M Dorman, AR Erwin, CO Escobar, JJ Evans, E Falk, GJ Feldman, MV Frohne, HR Gallagher, A Godley, MC Goodman, P Gouffon, R Gran, EW Grashorn, K Grzelak, A Habig, D Harris, PG Harris, J Hartnell, R Hatcher, K Heller, A Himmel, A Holin, J Hylen, GM Irwin, Z Isvan, DE Jaffe, C James, D Jensen, T Kafka, SMS Kasahara, JJ Kim, G Koizumi, S Kopp, M Kordosky, DJ Koskinen, Z Krahn, A Kreymer, K Lang, J Ling, PJ Litchfield, RP Litchfield, L Loiacono, P Lucas, J Ma, WA Mann, ML Marshak, JS Marshall, N Mayer, AM McGowan, R Mehdiyev, JR Meier, MD Messier, CJ Metelko, DG Michael, WH Miller, SR Mishra, J Mitchell, CD Moore, J Morfin, L Mualem, S Mufson, J Musser, D Naples, JK Nelson, HB Newman, RJ Nichol, TC Nicholls, JP Ochoa-Ricoux, WP Oliver, T Osiecki, R Ospanov, J Paley, V Paolone, RB Patterson, Z Pavlovic, G Pawloski, GF Pearce, DA Petyt, R Pittam, RK Plunkett, A Rahaman, RA Rameika, TM Raufer, B Rebel, PA Rodrigues, C Rosenfeld, HA Rubin, VA Ryabov, MC Sanchez, N Saoulidou, J Schneps, P Schreiner, VK Semenov, P Shanahan, W Smart, C Smith, A Sousa, P Stamoulis, M Strait, N Tagg, RL Talaga, J Thomas, MA Thomson, G Tinti, R Toner, VA Tsarev, G Tzanakos, J Urheim, P Vahle, B Viren, M Watabe, A Weber, RC Webb, N West, C White, L Whitehead, SG Wojcicki, DM Wright, T Yang, M Zois, K Zhang, R Zwaska

Observation in the MINOS far detector of the shadowing of cosmic rays by the sun and moon

Astroparticle Physics (2010)

Authors:

P Adamson, C Andreopoulos, DS Ayres, C Backhouse, G Barr, WL Barrett, M Bishai, A Blake, B Bock, GJ Bock, DJ Boehnlein, D Bogert, C Bower, S Budd, S Cavanaugh, D Cherdack, S Childress, BC Choudhary, JH Cobb, JAB Coelho, SJ Coleman, L Corwin, D Cronin-Hennessy, IZ Danko, JK de Jong, NE Devenish, MV Diwan, M Dorman, CO Escobar, JJ Evans, E Falk, GJ Feldman, MV Frohne, HR Gallagher, A Godley, RA Gomes, MC Goodman, P Gouffon, R Gran, N Grant, EW Grashorn, K Grzelak, A Habig, D Harris, PG Harris, J Hartnell, R Hatcher, A Himmel, A Holin, X Huang, J Hylen, J Ilic, GM Irwin, Z Isvan, DE Jaffe, C James, D Jensen, T Kafka, SMS Kasahara, G Koizumi, S Kopp, M Kordosky, Z Krahn, A Kreymer, K Lang, G Lefeuvre, J Ling, PJ Litchfield, RP Litchfield, L Loiacono, P Lucas, WA Mann, ML Marshak, JS Marshall, N Mayer, AM McGowan, R Mehdiyev, JR Meier, MD Messier, DG Michael, WH Miller, SR Mishra, J Mitchell, CD Moore, L Mualem, S Mufson, J Musser, D Naples, JK Nelson, HB Newman, RJ Nichol, TC Nicholls, WP Oliver, M Orchanian, J Paley, RB Patterson, G Pawloski, GF Pearce, EA Peterson, R Pittam, RK Plunkett, J Ratchford, TM Raufer, B Rebel, J Reichenbacher, PA Rodrigues, C Rosenfeld, HA Rubin, VA Ryabov, MC Sanchez, J Schneps, P Schreiner, VK Semenov, P Shanahan, A Sousa, M Strait, N Tagg, RL Talaga, J Thomas, MA Thomson, JL Thron, G Tinti, R Toner, G Tzanakos, J Urheim, P Vahle, B Viren, A Weber, RC Webb, C White, L Whitehead, SG Wojcicki, DM Wright, T Yang, R Zwaska

Neutrino and Antineutrino Inclusive Charged-current Cross Section Measurements with the MINOS Near Detector

ArXiv 0910.2201 (2009)

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