Modeling and Measurement of the Cosmic Muon Flux at Underground Sites

Modeling the Cosmic Muon Flux is very important for quantifying the backgrounds present for underground experiments. We measure the flux at various locations in the Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF) and compare these measurements with our model.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Department dc:contributor.department

Physics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Guarnaccia, Evan Thomas

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Mariani, Camillo

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Link, Jonathan M.
• Huber, Patrick
• Sharpe, Eric R.

• Cosmic
• Muon
• Underground
• Flux

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:3416

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/49664