1602.07742 — arXiv2

Muon Flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System

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Feb 24, 2016

/ Updated

Sep 8, 2016

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/ Authors

N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, A. W. Bradley, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, M. Buuck, D. Byram

and 64 more authors

A. S. Caldwell, Y-D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, P. -H. Chu, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, C. Dunagan, Yu. Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, A. Galindo-Uribarri, T. Gilliss

, G. K. Giovanetti

, V. E. Guiseppe

, B. R. Jasinski

, S. I. Konovalov

, B. D. LaFerriere

, R. Massarczyk

, C. O'Shaughnessy

, N. R. Overman

, A. W. P. Poon

, D. C. Radford

, R. G. H. Robertson

, E. Romero-Romero

, M. C. Ronquest

, M. Shirchenko

, A. M. Suriano

, J. E. Trimble

, J. F. Wilkerson

/ Abstract

We report the first measurement of the total MUON flux underground at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the 4850 ft level. Measurements were done with the Majorana Demonstrator veto system arranged in two different configurations. The measured total flux is (5.31+/-0.17) x 10^-9 muons/s/cm^2.