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Coincident observation of air Čerenkov light by a surface array and muon bundles by a deep underground detector

M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, G. Auriemma, R. Baker, A. Baldini, B. Bam, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, G. Battistoni et al.

R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, P. Bernardini, H. Bilokon, V. Bisi, C. Bloise, C. Bower, S. Bussino, F. Cafagna, M. Calicchio, D. Campana, M. Carboni, A. Corona, S. Cecchini, F. Cei, V. Chiarella, R. Cormack, S. Coutu, G. DeCataldo, H. Dekhissi, C. DeMarzo, M. De Vincenzi, A. Di Credico, E. Diehl, O. Erriquez, C. Favuzzi, C. Forti, P. Fusco, G. Giacomelli, G. Giannini, N. Giglietto, M. Grassi, P. Green, A. Grillo, F. Guarino, P. Guarnaccia, C. Gustavino, A. Habig, R. Heinz, J. T. Hong, E. Iarocci, E. Katsavounidis, E. Kearns, M. Kertzman, S. Kyriazopoulou, E. Lamanna, C. Lane, C. Lee, D. S. Levin, P. Lipari, G. Liu, R. Liu, M. J. Longo, Y. Lu, G. Ludlam, G. Mancarella, G. Mandrioli, A. Margiotta-Neri, A. Marin, A. Marini, D. Martello, A. Marzari Chiesa, D. G. Michael, S. Mikheyev, L. Miller, M. Mittlebrunn, P. Monacelli, M. Monteno, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Nicoló, R. Nolty, S. Nutter, C. Okada, G. Osteria, O. Palamara, S. Parlati, V. Patera, L. Patrizii, B. Pavesi, R. Pazzi, C. W. Peck, J. Petrakis, S. Petrera, N. D. Pignatano, P. Pistilli, F. Predieri, J. Reynoldson, F. Ronga, G. Sanzani, A. Sanzgiri, C. Satriano, L. Satta, E. Scapparone, K. Scholberg, A. Sciubba, G. Sembroski, P. Serra Lugaresi, M. Severi, M. Sitta, P. Spinelli, M. Spinetti, M. Spurio, J. Steele, R. Steinberg, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, A. Surdo, G. Tarlé, V. Togo, V. Valente, C. W. Walter, R. Webb, and W. Worstell

  • Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá di Bari and INFN, Bari, Italy
  • Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá di Bologna and INFN, Bologna, Italy
  • Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
  • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
  • Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
  • Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell’INFN, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell’INFN, Assergi (L’Aquila), Italy
  • Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
  • Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá dell’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, Italy
  • Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá di Lecce and INFN, Lecce, Italy
  • Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
  • Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá di Napoli and INFN, Napoli, Italy
  • Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá di Pisa and INFN, Pisa, Italy
  • Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá di Roma and INFN, Roma, Italy
  • Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
  • Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá di Torino and INFN, Torino, Italy
  • Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716
  • Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
  • Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
  • Department of Physics, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana 46135

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Phys. Rev. D 50, 3046 – Published 1 September, 1994

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.3046

Abstract

We report on the simultaneous observation of atmospheric Čerenkov light by a prototype five telescope array, GRACE, (Gran Sasso Air Čerenkov Experiment) with deep underground muons in the MACRO (Monopole Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory). The telescope array was deployed at Campo Imperatore above the Gran Sasso Laboratory for a run completed in the fall of 1992. The total live time for the combined surface-underground operation was ∼100 h during which more than 300 events were seen in coincidence. The efficacy of this technique to monitor the electromagnetic and penetrating muon components of a cosmic-ray-induced cascade is discussed.

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Phys. Rev. D 50, 3046– Published 1 September, 1994
  • Received 1 March 1994

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