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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2024-11-22 1:37 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2006 Meeting
Section: Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics
Title:
Measurements of cosmic ray mount performed with willi detector – status and perspectives
Authors:
B. Mitrica,I.M. Brancus, A. Saftoiu,M. Petcu, G. Toma, M. Duma, C. Aiftimie, H. Rebel*, A. Haungs*, O.Sima**, A. A. Radu, D. Felea*** and O. Broscaru***
Affiliation:
National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering – Horia Hulubei,
Bucharest, Romania,
*Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany,
**University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania,
***Institute of Space Science, Bucharest, Romania,
E-mail
bmitrica2002@yahoo.com, osima@pcnet.pcnet.ro, arei25@yahoo.com
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Abstract:
The WILLI detector, installed in the National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering – Horia Hulubei Bucharest has been devised for studies of atmospheric muons, in particular of the muon charge ratio. We report on the results of studies for various muon energies (pµ < 1 GeV/c). The results are compared with Monte-Carlo simulations performed with CORSIKA and GEANT codes.
We are exploring the potential of a mini array installed around the actual WILLI set up for triggering the muon charge ratio measurements by Extended Air Shower (EAS) events and are considering the prospects of a future WILLI-UG installed deep underground in a salt mine for measurements of very high energy muons, with respect of experimental features discriminating various alternatives of hadronic interaction models en vogue for EAS simulations.
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