HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC-RAY NEUTRONS AT SEA-LEVEL

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KORNMAYER, H [1 ]
MIELKE, HH [1 ]
ENGLER, J [1 ]
KNAPP, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV KARLSRUHE,D-76021 KARLSRUHE,GERMANY
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10.1088/0954-3899/21/3/018
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
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With a prototype of a large hadron calorimeter vertical cosmic-ray hadrons were recorded and the all-hadron flux was measured in the range from 10 GeV to 10 TeV. By means of a layer of scintillation counters, the neutral and charged components were identified and the ratio of neutral to charged hadrons could be extracted. From this ratio the charged-pion content is inferred using reasonable assumptions on the neutron-to-proton ratio. At the lower-energy end the data are compared firstly with existing results and secondly with theoretical calculations and Monte Carlo simulations.
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