https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2019-12683-1
Regular Article
Measurement of nearly horizontal cosmic muons at high altitudes with the MEV telescope
1
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia E. Majorana, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
2
INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
3
INFN, Laboratorio Nazionale del Sud, Catania, Italy
* e-mail: Francesco.Riggi@ct.infn.it
Received:
1
February
2019
Accepted:
18
April
2019
Published online:
24
June
2019
An experimental investigation of multiple muon tracks detected by the MEV (Muography of Etna Volcano) cosmic ray telescope has been carried out during a commissioning phase of the project. The MEV telescope, which is based on three 1×1 m2 tracking planes segmented into scintillation strips with wavelength fibers and PMT readout, has been installed at an altitude of about 3100m a.s.l. in front of the North-East Etna crater since the summer of 2017. The main aim of this facility is to provide a detailed muography of the interior of the target object. An additional analysis of a first sample of data, taken during a period of approximately two months in 2017 has been undertaken to measure the abundance and topology of nearly horizontal multiple cosmic muons.
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