Cosmic rays observed by the resonant gravitational wave detector NAUTILUS

/ Authors

Astone, Bassan, Bonifazi, Carelli, Coccia, Fafone, D’Antonio, Frasca, Marini, Mauceli

and 12 more authors

Mazzitelli, Minenkov, Modena, Modestino, Moleti, Pallottino, Papa, Pizzella, Ronga, Terenzi, Visco, Votano

/ Abstract

The passage of cosmic rays has been observed to excite mechanical vibrations in the resonant gravitational wave detector NAUTILUS operating at temperature of 100 mK. A very significant correlation (more than 10 standard deviations) is found.

Journal: Physical review letters

DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00026-0