Measurement of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muon using the tagged decay-e events in Super-Kamiokande

Super-Kamiokande collaboration

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Neutrinos and muons from cosmic-ray interactions in the atmosphere originate from mesons, such as pions and kaons, in air-showers. An accuracy of the absolute atmospheric neutrino flux and its flavor ratio are limited due to the uncertainty of meson productions in hadronic interaction models. In order to reduce such uncertainty, measurements of the charge ratio and the polarization of cosmic-ray muons are important as new inputs to theoretical models which simulate the atmospheric neutrino flux. In this proceedings, we present the results of the charge ratio (R) and polarization (Pμ0) of cosmic-ray muon measurements using the decay electrons collected from 2008 September to 2022 June by the Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector. We measured muon charge ratio to be R = 1.32±0.02 (stat.+syst.) and the muon polarization at the production location to be Pμ0 = 0.52±0.01 (stat.+syst.). The SK detector uniquely measured the polarization of cosmic-ray muons with energies more than 1 TeV at sea-level because of its underground location.

本文言語英語
論文番号212
ジャーナルProceedings of Science
444
出版ステータス出版済み - 2024/09/27
イベント38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023 - Nagoya, 日本
継続期間: 2023/07/262023/08/03

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