Zenith Angle Dependence of Prompt Muons in High Energy Cosmic Showers

The prompt component of cosmic showers received increasing interest in the last decade because of its potential to expose us to new physics and to help us explore the universe using neutrino telescopes. In this study we investigate the zenith angle dependence of the prompt component for energy ranges between 10¹¹ and 10¹⁷ eV using a computer code named ATMOS. We found that correctly parametrizing to account for double precision variables will increase both the time efficiency and the flux profile for various angles. We further improved our flux by using a temperature dependent model for the atmosphere as well as including the effect caused by the curvature of the earth.

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Zakaria, Mohammed K.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Duda, Gintaras K.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/89

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/89