A method for detection of muon induced electromagnetic showers with the ANTARES detector
J. A. Aguilar
,
Imen Al Samarai
(1)
,
A. Albert
(2)
,
M. André
,
M. Anghinolfi
,
G. Anton
,
S. Anvar
,
M. Ardid
,
A. C. Assis Jesus
,
T. Astraatmadja
,
J. J. Aubert
(1)
,
B. Baret
(3)
,
S. Basa
(4)
,
V. Bertin
(1)
,
S. Biagi
,
A. Bigi
,
C. Bigongiari
,
C. Bogazzi
,
M. Bou-Cabo
,
B. Bouhou
(3)
,
M. C. Bouwhuis
,
J. Brunner
(1)
,
J. Busto
(1)
,
F. Camarena
,
A. Capone
,
C. Carloganu
(5)
,
G. Carminati
,
J. Carr
(1)
,
S. Cecchini
,
Z. Charif
(1)
,
P. Charvis
(6)
,
T. Chiarusi
,
M. Circella
,
R. Coniglione
,
H. Costantini
(1)
,
P. Coyle
(1)
,
C. Curtil
(1)
,
M. P. Decowski
,
I. Dekeyser
(7)
,
Anne Deschamps
,
C. Distefano
,
C. Donzaud
(3, 8)
,
D. Dornic
(1)
,
Q. Dorosti
,
D. Drouhin
(2)
,
T. Eberl
,
U. Emanuele
,
A. Enzenhöfer
,
J.-P. Ernenwein
(1)
,
S. Escoffier
(1)
,
P. Fermani
,
M. Ferri
,
V. Flaminio
,
F. Folger
,
U. Fritsch
,
J.-L. Fuda
(7)
,
S. Galatà
(1)
,
Pascal Gay
(5)
,
G. Giacomelli
,
V. Giordano
,
J. P. Gómez-González
,
K. Graf
,
G. Guillard
(5)
,
G. Halladjian
(1)
,
G. Hallewell
(1)
,
H. van Haren
,
J. Hartman
,
A. J. Heijboer
,
Y. Hello
(6)
,
J. J. Hernández-Rey
,
B. Herold
,
J. Hössl
,
C. C. Hsu
,
M. de Jong
,
M. Kadler
,
O. Kalekin
,
A. Kappes
,
U. Katz
,
O. Kavatsyuk
,
P. Kooijman
,
C. Kopper
,
A. Kouchner
(3)
,
I. Kreykenbohm
,
V. Kulikovskiy
,
R. Lahmann
,
P. Lamare
,
G. Larosa
,
D. Lattuada
,
Dominique Lefèvre
(7)
,
G. Lim
,
D. Lo Presti
,
H. Loehner
,
S. Loucatos
,
S. Mangano
,
M. Marcelin
(4)
,
A. Margiotta
,
J. A. Martinez-Mora
,
A. Meli
,
T. Montaruli
,
L. Moscoso
(3)
,
H. Motz
,
M. Neff
,
E. Nezri
(4)
,
D. Palioselitis
,
G. E. P\uav\uala\cs
,
K. Payet
,
P. Payre
(1)
,
J. Petrovic
,
P. Piattelli
,
N. Picot-Clemente
(1)
,
V. Popa
,
T. Pradier
(9)
,
E. Presani
,
C. Racca
(2)
,
C. Reed
,
C. Richardt
,
R. Richter
,
C. Rivière
(1)
,
A. Robert
(7)
,
K. Roensch
,
A. Rostovtsev
,
J. Ruiz-Rivas
,
M. Rujoiu
,
G. V. Russo
,
F. Salesa
,
P. Sapienza
,
F. Schöck
,
J. P. Schuller
,
F. Schüssler
,
R. Shanidze
,
F. Simeone
,
A. Spies
,
M. Spurio
,
J. J. M. Steijger
,
T. Stolarczyk
,
A. Sánchez-Losa
,
M. Taiuti
,
Christian Tamburini
(7)
,
S. Toscano
,
B. Vallage
,
V. van Elewyck
(3)
,
G. Vannoni
,
M. Vecchi
(1)
,
P. Vernin
,
G. Wijnker
,
J. Wilms
,
E. de Wolf
,
H. Yepes
,
D. Zaborov
,
J.D. Zornoza
,
J. Zúñiga
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CPPM -
Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille
2 GRPHE - Groupe de Recherche en Physique des Hautes Energies
3 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
4 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
5 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand
6 GEOAZUR 7329 - Géoazur
7 COM - Centre d'océanologie de Marseille
8 UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11
9 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
2 GRPHE - Groupe de Recherche en Physique des Hautes Energies
3 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
4 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
5 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand
6 GEOAZUR 7329 - Géoazur
7 COM - Centre d'océanologie de Marseille
8 UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11
9 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
J. A. Aguilar
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Imen Al Samarai
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A. Albert
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M. Ardid
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C. Bogazzi
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M. Bou-Cabo
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T. Chiarusi
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M. Circella
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R. Coniglione
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Anne Deschamps
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T. Eberl
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P. Fermani
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M. Ferri
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V. Flaminio
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F. Folger
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J.-L. Fuda
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Pascal Gay
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G. Giacomelli
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V. Giordano
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J. P. Gómez-González
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K. Graf
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H. van Haren
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J. Hartman
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A. J. Heijboer
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J. J. Hernández-Rey
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M. Kadler
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O. Kavatsyuk
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C. Kopper
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V. Kulikovskiy
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R. Lahmann
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P. Lamare
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G. Lim
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S. Loucatos
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S. Mangano
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A. Margiotta
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J. A. Martinez-Mora
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E. Presani
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C. Reed
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C. Richardt
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K. Roensch
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M. Rujoiu
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G. V. Russo
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F. Salesa
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R. Shanidze
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Abstract
The primary aim of ANTARES is neutrino astronomy with upward going muons created in charged current muon neutrino interactions in the detector and its surroundings. Downward going muons are background for neutrino searches. These muons are the decay products of cosmic-ray collisions in the Earth's atmosphere far above the detector. This paper presents a method to identify and count electromagnetic showers produced by muons with the ANTARES detector. The method is applied to both cosmic muon data and simulations and its applicability to the reconstruction of muon event energies is demonstrated.