High-energy Atmospheric Muon Flux Expected at India-Based Neutrino Observatory

TL;DR

This paper calculates the high-energy atmospheric muon flux at INO depth, exploring how it varies with zenith angle to differentiate models of charm hadroproduction and low-x QCD effects at very high energies.

Contribution

It introduces a method to distinguish charm hadroproduction models using zenith-angle dependence of muon flux at INO.

Findings

Potential to discriminate charm hadroproduction models.

Insights into low-x QCD behavior at high energies.

Feasibility of using muon flux measurements for model validation.

Abstract

We calculate the zenith-angle dependence of conventional and prompt high-energy muon fluxes at India-Based Neutrino Observatory (INO) depth. This study demonstrates a possibility to discriminate models of the charm hadroproduction including the low-x QCD behaviour of hadronic cross-sections relevant at very high energies.