Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Rate with the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon TPC

Abstract

MicroBooNE is a near-surface liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) located at Fermilab. We measure the characterisation of muons originating from cosmic interactions in the atmosphere using both the charge collection and light readout detectors. The data is compared with the CORSIKA cosmic-ray simulation. Good agreement is found between the observation, simulation and previous results. Furthermore, the angular resolution of the reconstructed muons inside the TPC is studied in simulation.

20 pages, 14 figures

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• The Mu2e Experiment
• Measurement of Space Charge Effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC Using Cosmic Muons

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