Observation in the MINOS far detector of the shadowing of cosmic rays by the sun and moon

The shadowing of cosmic ray primaries by the moon and sun was observed by the MINOS far detector at a depth of 2070 mwe using 83.54 million cosmic ray muons accumulated over 1857.91 live-days. The shadow of the moon was detected at the 5.6 σ level and the shadow of the sun at the 3.8 σ level using a...

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Main Authors:	Adamson, P, Andreopoulos, C, Ayres, D, Backhouse, C, Barr, G, Barrett, W, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bock, B, Bock, G, Boehnlein, D, Bogert, D, Bower, C, Budd, S, Cavanaugh, S, Cherdack, D, Childress, S, Choudhary, B, Cobb, J, Coelho, J, Coleman, S, Corwin, L, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Danko, I, De Jong, J
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	2011

Observation in the MINOS far detector of the shadowing of cosmic rays by the sun and moon

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