Measuring the Muon Content of Air Showers with IceTop
Javier G. Gonzalez (for the IceCube Collaboration)
TL;DR
This paper uses IceTop to measure the muon content in air showers at large distances, providing insights into cosmic ray composition and shower development, with implications for understanding high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
Contribution
It presents the first measurement of the muon lateral distribution function at large distances using IceTop, advancing the study of low energy muons in air showers.
Findings
Muon lateral distribution measured at large distances
Implications for cosmic ray composition analysis
Prospects for low energy muon studies with IceTop
Abstract
IceTop, the surface component of the IceCube detector, has been used to measure the energy spectrum of cosmic ray primaries in the range between 1.58 PeV and 1.26 EeV. It can also be used to study the low energy muons in air showers by looking at large distances (> 300m) from the shower axis. We will show the muon lateral distribution function at large lateral distances as measured with IceTop and discuss the implications of this measurement. We also discuss the prospects for low energy muon studies with IceTop.
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