https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7239-9
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Cosmic-ray muon flux at Canfranc Underground Laboratory
1
Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
2
Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc, Canfranc, Spain
3
Institute of Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
4
Kerttu Saalasti Institute, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
5
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
* e-mail: wladyslaw.h.trzaska@jyu.fi
Received:
6
February
2019
Accepted:
21
August
2019
Published online:
28
August
2019
Residual flux and angular distribution of high-energy cosmic muons have been measured in two underground locations at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC) using a dedicated Muon Monitor. The instrument consists of three layers of fast scintillation detector modules operating as 352 independent pixels. The monitor has a flux-defining area of and covers all azimuth angles, and zenith angles up to
. The measured integrated muon flux is
in the Hall A of the LAB2400 and
in LAB2500. The angular dependence is consistent with the known profile and rock density of the surrounding mountains. In particular, there is a clear maximum in the flux coming from the direction of the Rioseta valley.
© The Author(s), 2019