Observation of a shadow of the Moon in the underground muon flux in the Soudan 2 detector

J. H. Cobb et al. (The Soudan 2 Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. D 61, 092002 – Published 31 March 2000
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Abstract

A shadow of the Moon, with a statistical significance of 5σ, has been observed in the underground muon flux at a depth of 2090 mwe using the Soudan 2 detector. The angular resolution of the detector is well described by a Gaussian with a sigma <~0.3°. The position of the shadow confirms that the alignment of the detector is known to better than 0.15° and has remained stable during ten years of data taking.

  • Received 19 May 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.61.092002

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Vol. 61, Iss. 9 — 1 May 2000

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