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Multimuons in cosmic-ray events as seen in ALICE at the LHC / S. Acharya, [et al.], B. BALIŚ, [et al.], M. GORGOŃ, [et al.], A. HORZYK, [et al.], M. JABŁOŃSKI, [et al.], S. D. KORYCIAK, [et al.], T. M. LELEK, [et al.], E. M. MAJERZ, [et al.], R. W. MARCJAN, [et al.], D. K. PŁÓCIENNIK, [et al.], P. G. RUSSEK, [et al.], P. K. WIĄCEK, [et al.] // Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics [Dokument elektroniczny]. — Czasopismo elektroniczne ; ISSN 1475-7516. — 2025 — no. 4 art. no. 009, s. [1], 1–28. — Wymagania systemowe: Adobe Reader. — Bibliogr. s. 18–20, Abstr. — Publikacja dostępna online od: 2025-04-02
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| ID BaDAP | 159526 |
|---|---|
| Data dodania do BaDAP | 2025-06-04 |
| Tekst źródłowy | URL |
| DOI | 10.1088/1475-7516/2025/04/009 |
| Rok publikacji | 2025 |
| Typ publikacji | artykuł w czasopiśmie |
| Otwarty dostęp |  |
| Creative Commons | |
| Czasopismo/seria | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abstract
ALICE is a large experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Located 52 meters underground, its detectors are suitable to measure muons produced by cosmic-ray interactions in the atmosphere. In this paper, the studies of the cosmic muons registered by ALICE during Run 2 (2015–2018) are described. The analysis is limited to multimuon events defined as events with more than four detected muons (Nμ > 4) and in the zenith angle range 0° < θ < 50°. The results are compared with Monte Carlo simulations using three of the main hadronic interaction models describing the air shower development in the atmosphere: QGSJET-II-04, EPOS-LHC, and SIBYLL 2.3d. The interval of the primary cosmic-ray energy involved in the measured muon multiplicity distribution is about 4 × 1015 < Eprim < 6 × 1016 eV. In this interval none of the three models is able to describe precisely the trend of the composition of cosmic rays as the energy increases. However, QGSJET-II-04 is found to be the only model capable of reproducing reasonably well the muon multiplicity distribution, assuming a heavy composition of the primary cosmic rays over the whole energy range, while SIBYLL 2.3d and EPOS-LHC underpredict the number of muons in a large interval of multiplicity by more than 20% and 30%, respectively. The rate of high muon multiplicity events (Nμ > 100) obtained with QGSJET-II-04 and SIBYLL 2.3d is compatible with the data, while EPOS-LHC produces a significantly lower rate (55% of the measured rate). For both QGSJET-II-04 and SIBYLL 2.3d, the rate is close to the data when the composition is assumed to be dominated by heavy elements, an outcome compatible with the average energy Eprim ∼ 1017 eV of these events. This result places significant constraints on more exotic production mechanisms.
