Author/Authors :
Aguilar، نويسنده , , J.A. and Al Samarai، نويسنده , , I. and Albert، نويسنده , , A. and André، نويسنده , , M. and Anghinolfi، نويسنده , , M. and Anton، نويسنده , , G. and Anvar، نويسنده , , S. and Ardid، نويسنده , , M. and Assis Jesus، نويسنده , , A.C. and Astraatmadja، نويسنده , , T. and Aubert، نويسنده , , J.J. and Baret، نويسنده , , B. and Basa، نويسنده , , S. and Bertin، نويسنده , , V. and Biagi، نويسنده , , S. and Bigi، نويسنده , , A. and، نويسنده ,
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 Earthʹs atmosphere far above the detector. This paper presents a method to identify and count electromagnetic showers induced along atmospheric muon tracks 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.
Keywords :
High energy muons , Energy reconstruction , Electromagnetic shower identification , Neutrino telescope
