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Atmospheric neutrinos are produced during cascades initiated by the interaction of primary cosmic rays with air nuclei. In this paper, a measurement of the atmospheric ... energy spectrum in the energy range 0.1-200 TeV is presented, using data collected by the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope from 2008 to 2011. Overall, the measured flux is 25 % higher than predicted by the conventional neutrino flux, and compatible with the measurements reported in ice. The flux is compatible with a single power-law dependence with spectral index γ ^sub meas^=3.58±0.12. With the present statistics the contribution of prompt neutrinos cannot be established.

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Title
Measurement of the atmospheric [nu]^sub [mu]^ energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 200 TeV with the ANTARES telescope
Author
Adrián-martínez, S; Albert, A; Al Samarai, I; André, M; Anghinolfi, M; Anton, G; Anvar, S; Ardid, M; Astraatmadja, T; Aubert, J-j; Baret, B; Barrios-martí, J; Basa, S; Bertin, V; Biagi, S; Bigongiari, C; Bogazzi, C; Bouhou, B; Bouwhuis, M C; Bruijn, R; Brunner, J; Busto, J; Capone, A; Caramete, L; Cârloganu, C; Carr, J; Cecchini, S; Charif, Z; Charvis, Ph; Chiarusi, T; Circella, M; Classen, F; Core, L; Costantini, H; Coyle, P; Creusot, A; Curtil, C; Dekeyser, I; Deschamps, A; De Bonis, G; Decowski, M P; Distefano, C; Donzaud, C; Dornic, D; Dorosti, Q; Drouhin, D; Dumas, A; Eberl, T; Emanuele, U; Enzenhöfer, A; Ernenwein, J-p; Escoffier, S; Fehn, K; Fermani, P; Flaminio, V; Folger, F; Fritsch, U; Fusco, L A; Galatà, S; Gay, P; Geißelsöder, S; Geyer, K; Giacomelli, G; Giordano, V; Gleixner, A; Gómez-gonzález, J P; Graf, K; Guillard, G; van Haren, H; Heijboer, A J; Hello, Y; Hernández-rey, J J; Herold, B; Hößl, J; James, C W; de Jong, M; Kadler, M; Kalekin, O; Kappes, A; Katz, U; Kooijman, P; Kouchner, A; Kreykenbohm, I; Kulikovskiy, V; Lahmann, R; Lambard, E; Lambard, G; Larosa, G; Lattuada, D; Lefèvre, D; Leonora, E; Lo Presti, D; Loehner, H; Loucatos, S; Louis, F; Mangano, S; Marcelin, M; Margiotta, A; Martínez-mora, J A; Martini, S; Michael, T; Montaruli, T; Morganti, M; Motz, H; Mueller, C; Neff, M; Nezri, E; Palioselitis, D; Pavalas, G E; Perrina, C; Piattelli, P; Popa, V; Pradier, T; Racca, C; Richter, R; Rivière, C; Robert, A; Roensch, K; Rostovtsev, A; Samtleben, D F; E; Sanguineti, M; Sapienza, P; Schmid, J; Schnabel, J; Schulte, S; Schüssler, F; Seitz, T; Shanidze, R; Sieger, C; Simeone, F; Spies, A; Spurio, M; Steijger, J J; M; Stolarczyk, Th; Sánchez-losa, A; Taiuti, M; Tamburini, C; Tayalati, Y; Trovato, A; Vallage, B; Vallée, C; Van Elewyck, V; Vernin, P; Visser, E; Wagner, S; Wilms, J; de Wolf, E; Yatkin, K; Yepes, H; Zornoza, J D; Zúñiga, J
Pages
1-12
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Oct 2013
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
14346044
e-ISSN
14346052
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2606-4
ProQuest document ID
1652793821
Copyright
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and Società Italiana di Fisica 2013