Cosmic Muon Flux Measurements at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility
arXiv:1406.2641 · doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/08/P08010
Abstract
In this article, the results from a series of muon flux measurements conducted at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF), Virginia, United States, are presented. The detector employed for these investigations, is made of plastic scintillator bars readout by wavelength shifting fibers and multianode photomultiplier tubes. Data was taken at several locations inside KURF, spanning rock overburden values from ~ 200 to 1450 m.w.e. From the extracted muon rates an empirical formula was devised, that estimates the muon flux inside the mine as a function of the overburden. The results are in good agreement with muon flux calculations based on analytical models and MUSIC.
appears as L N Kalousis et al 2014 JINST 9 P08010