Cosmic-muon characterization and annual modulation measurement with Double Chooz detectors

T. Abrahão; H. Almazan; J. C. Dos Anjos; S. Appel; E. Baussan; I. Bekman; T. J.C. Bezerra; L. Bezrukov; E. Blucher; T. Brugière; C. Buck; J. Busenitz; A. Cabrera; L. Camilleri; R. Carr; M. Cerrada; E. Chauveau; P. Chimenti; O. Corpace; J. I. Crespo-Anadón; J. V. Dawson; J. Dhooghe; Z. Djurcic; M. Dracos; A. Etenko; M. Fallot; D. Franco; M. Franke; H. Furuta; I. Gil-Botella; L. Giot; A. Givaudan; M. Gögger-Neff; H. Gómez; L. F.G. Gonzalez; M. Goodman; T. Hara; J. Haser; D. Hellwig; A. Hourlier; M. Ishitsuka; J. Jochum; C. Jollet; K. Kale; P. Kampmann; M. Kaneda; D. M. Kaplan; T. Kawasaki; E. Kemp; H. De Kerret; D. Kryn; M. Kuze; T. Lachenmaier; C. Lane; T. Laserre; C. Lastoria; D. Lhuillier; H. Lima; M. Lindner; J. M. López-Castaño; J. M. Losecco; B. Lubsandorzhiev; J. Maeda; C. Mariani; J. Maricic; T. Matsubara; G. Mention; A. Meregaglia; T. Miletic; A. Minotti; Y. Nagasaka; D. Navas-Nicolás; P. Novella; L. Oberauer; M. Obolensky; A. Onillon; A. Oralbaev; C. Palomares; I. Pepe; G. Pronost; B. Reinhold; B. Rybolt; Y. Sakamoto; R. Santorelli; S. Schönert; S. Schoppmann; R. Sharankova; V. Sibille; V. Sinev; M. Skorokhvatov; M. Soiron; P. Soldin; A. Stahl; I. Stancu; L. F.F. Stokes; M. Strait; F. Suekane; S. Sukhotin; T. Sumiyoshi; Y. Sun; B. Svoboda; A. Tonazzo; C. Veyssiere; M. Vivier; S. Wagner; C. Wiebusch; M. Wurm; G. Yang; F. Yermia; V. Zimmer

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2017/02/017

Cosmic-muon characterization and annual modulation measurement with Double Chooz detectors

T. Abrahão, H. Almazan, J. C. Dos Anjos, S. Appel, E. Baussan, I. Bekman, T. J.C. Bezerra, L. Bezrukov, E. Blucher, T. Brugière, C. Buck, J. Busenitz, A. Cabrera, L. Camilleri, R. Carr, M. Cerrada, E. Chauveau, P. Chimenti, O. Corpace, J. I. Crespo-AnadónJ. V. Dawson, J. Dhooghe, Z. Djurcic, M. Dracos, A. Etenko, M. Fallot, D. Franco, M. Franke, H. Furuta, I. Gil-Botella, L. Giot, A. Givaudan, M. Gögger-Neff, H. Gómez, L. F.G. Gonzalez, M. Goodman, T. Hara, J. Haser, D. Hellwig, A. Hourlier, M. Ishitsuka, J. Jochum, C. Jollet, K. Kale, P. Kampmann, M. Kaneda, D. M. Kaplan, T. Kawasaki, E. Kemp, H. De Kerret, D. Kryn, M. Kuze, T. Lachenmaier, C. Lane, T. Laserre, C. Lastoria, D. Lhuillier, H. Lima, M. Lindner, J. M. López-Castaño, J. M. Losecco, B. Lubsandorzhiev, J. Maeda, C. Mariani, J. Maricic, T. Matsubara, G. Mention, A. Meregaglia, T. Miletic, A. Minotti, Y. Nagasaka, D. Navas-Nicolás, P. Novella, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, A. Onillon, A. Oralbaev, C. Palomares, I. Pepe, G. Pronost, B. Reinhold, B. Rybolt, Y. Sakamoto, R. Santorelli, S. Schönert, S. Schoppmann, R. Sharankova, V. Sibille, V. Sinev, M. Skorokhvatov, M. Soiron, P. Soldin, A. Stahl, I. Stancu, L. F.F. Stokes, M. Strait, F. Suekane, S. Sukhotin, T. Sumiyoshi, Y. Sun, B. Svoboda, A. Tonazzo, C. Veyssiere, M. Vivier, S. Wagner, C. Wiebusch, M. Wurm, G. Yang, F. Yermia, V. Zimmer

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A study on cosmic muons has been performed for the two identical near and far neutrino detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, placed at ∼120 and ∼300 m.w.e. underground respectively, including the corresponding simulations using the MUSIC simulation package. This characterization has allowed us to measure the muon flux reaching both detectors to be (3.64 ± 0.04) × 10^-4 cm^-2s^-1 for the near detector and (7.00 ± 0.05) × 10^-5 cm^-2s^-1 for the far one. The seasonal modulation of the signal has also been studied observing a positive correlation with the atmospheric temperature, leading to an effective temperature coefficient of α_T = 0.212 ± 0.024 and 0.355 ± 0.019 for the near and far detectors respectively. These measurements, in good agreement with expectations based on theoretical models, represent one of the first measurements of this coefficient in shallow depth installations.

Original language	English
Article number	017
Journal	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume	2017
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/02/017
Publication status	Published - 2017 Feb 10

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Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Dos Anjos, J. C., Appel, S., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Corpace, O., ... Zimmer, V. (2017). Cosmic-muon characterization and annual modulation measurement with Double Chooz detectors. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2017(2), [017]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/02/017

Abrahão, T, Almazan, H, Dos Anjos, JC, Appel, S, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bezerra, TJC, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Brugière, T, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Corpace, O, Crespo-Anadón, JI, Dawson, JV, Dhooghe, J, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Givaudan, A, Gögger-Neff, M, Gómez, H, Gonzalez, LFG, Goodman, M, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hellwig, D, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kale, K, Kampmann, P, Kaneda, M, Kaplan, DM, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, De Kerret, H, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Laserre, T, Lastoria, C, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, López-Castaño, JM, Losecco, JM, Lubsandorzhiev, B, Maeda, J, Mariani, C, Maricic, J, Matsubara, T, Mention, G, Meregaglia, A, Miletic, T, Minotti, A, Nagasaka, Y, Navas-Nicolás, D, Novella, P, Oberauer, L, Obolensky, M, Onillon, A, Oralbaev, A, Palomares, C, Pepe, I, Pronost, G, Reinhold, B, Rybolt, B, Sakamoto, Y, Santorelli, R, Schönert, S, Schoppmann, S, Sharankova, R, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Soiron, M, Soldin, P, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, LFF, Strait, M, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, B, Tonazzo, A, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Wagner, S, Wiebusch, C, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F & Zimmer, V 2017, 'Cosmic-muon characterization and annual modulation measurement with Double Chooz detectors', Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2017, no. 2, 017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/02/017

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AU - Abrahão, T.

AU - Almazan, H.

AU - Dos Anjos, J. C.

AU - Appel, S.

AU - Baussan, E.

AU - Bekman, I.

AU - Bezerra, T. J.C.

AU - Bezrukov, L.

AU - Blucher, E.

AU - Brugière, T.

AU - Buck, C.

AU - Busenitz, J.

AU - Cabrera, A.

AU - Camilleri, L.

AU - Carr, R.

AU - Cerrada, M.

AU - Chauveau, E.

AU - Chimenti, P.

AU - Corpace, O.

AU - Crespo-Anadón, J. I.

AU - Dawson, J. V.

AU - Dhooghe, J.

AU - Djurcic, Z.

AU - Dracos, M.

AU - Etenko, A.

AU - Fallot, M.

AU - Franco, D.

AU - Franke, M.

AU - Furuta, H.

AU - Gil-Botella, I.

AU - Giot, L.

AU - Givaudan, A.

AU - Gögger-Neff, M.

AU - Gómez, H.

AU - Gonzalez, L. F.G.

AU - Goodman, M.

AU - Hara, T.

AU - Haser, J.

AU - Hellwig, D.

AU - Hourlier, A.

AU - Ishitsuka, M.

AU - Jochum, J.

AU - Jollet, C.

AU - Kale, K.

AU - Kampmann, P.

AU - Kaneda, M.

AU - Kaplan, D. M.

AU - Kawasaki, T.

AU - Kemp, E.

AU - De Kerret, H.

AU - Kryn, D.

AU - Kuze, M.

AU - Lachenmaier, T.

AU - Lane, C.

AU - Laserre, T.

AU - Lastoria, C.

AU - Lhuillier, D.

AU - Lima, H.

AU - Lindner, M.

AU - López-Castaño, J. M.

AU - Losecco, J. M.

AU - Lubsandorzhiev, B.

AU - Maeda, J.

AU - Mariani, C.

AU - Maricic, J.

AU - Matsubara, T.

AU - Mention, G.

AU - Meregaglia, A.

AU - Miletic, T.

AU - Minotti, A.

AU - Nagasaka, Y.

AU - Navas-Nicolás, D.

AU - Novella, P.

AU - Oberauer, L.

AU - Obolensky, M.

AU - Onillon, A.

AU - Oralbaev, A.

AU - Palomares, C.

AU - Pepe, I.

AU - Pronost, G.

AU - Reinhold, B.

AU - Rybolt, B.

AU - Sakamoto, Y.

AU - Santorelli, R.

AU - Schönert, S.

AU - Schoppmann, S.

AU - Sharankova, R.

AU - Sibille, V.

AU - Sinev, V.

AU - Skorokhvatov, M.

AU - Soiron, M.

AU - Soldin, P.

AU - Stahl, A.

AU - Stancu, I.

AU - Stokes, L. F.F.

AU - Strait, M.

AU - Suekane, F.

AU - Sukhotin, S.

AU - Sumiyoshi, T.

AU - Sun, Y.

AU - Svoboda, B.

AU - Tonazzo, A.

AU - Veyssiere, C.

AU - Vivier, M.

AU - Wagner, S.

AU - Wiebusch, C.

AU - Wurm, M.

AU - Yang, G.

AU - Yermia, F.

AU - Zimmer, V.

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