A muon detector for a large air shower array
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The possibility of detecting point sources of cosmic rays with energies above 10 14 eV has stimulated the construction of air shower arrays which distinguish between electrons and muons. Showers started by gamma rays should contain fewer muons than those initiated by hadrons. Thus by measuring separately the electron and muon content of showers, it should be possible to reject many originating ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0168-9002
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(89)90883-8