Muon Measurements with IceTop

We present the measurement of the density of GeV muons in near-vertical air showers by the IceTop array at the South Pole. The muon density is measured at 600 m and 800 m lateral distance from the shower axis in air showers between 1 PeV and 100 PeV. This result can be used to constrain hadronic int...

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Published in:EPJ Web of Conferences
Main Author: Gonzalez Javier G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2019
Subjects:
Physics
QC1-999
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920803003
https://doaj.org/article/2ea6a503a1414e2b911a87abe2d7e88a
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Summary:We present the measurement of the density of GeV muons in near-vertical air showers by the IceTop array at the South Pole. The muon density is measured at 600 m and 800 m lateral distance from the shower axis in air showers between 1 PeV and 100 PeV. This result can be used to constrain hadronic interaction models by comparing it with the outcome of Monte Carlo simulations. We show that some models do not produce muon densities in agreement with this result unless an unphysical composition of the primary cosmic ray flux is assumed.

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