Characterization of the varying flux of atmospheric muons measured with the Large Volume Detector for 24 years

N. Yu. Agafonova, M. Aglietta, P. Antonioli +25

The Large Volume Detector (LVD), hosted in the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, is triggered by atmospheric muons at a rate of $\sim 0.1$~Hz. The data collected over almos…