Fluctuation of TeV to EeV Energy Muons and Induced Muon Showers in Water

Abstract

By using the integral method in the muon propagation through water, we calculate the range fluctuation of high and ultra high energy muons. Many authors divide all radiative processes into two parts, namely, the continuous part and radiative part in their Monte Carlo simulation in order to consider the fluctuation in the both ranges and energies of the muons, while we treat all stochastic processes as exactly as possible, without the introduction of the continuous parts in all stochastic processes. The validity of our Monte Carlo method is checked by the corresponding analytical method which is methodologically independent on the Monte Carlo procedure. Accompanied cascade showers are generated by the direct electron pair production, bremsstrahlung and photo-nuclear interaction. These showers are calculated by the exact Monte Carlo Method in one dimensional way. We report survival probabilities, range distributions and examples of individual muon behavior.

Poster presented at the XVI International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2010), Batavia, IL, USA, 28 June - 2 July 2010. 4 pages, 11 figures