{"paper":{"title":"Cosmic-muon characterization and annual modulation measurement with Double Chooz detectors","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["physics.ins-det"],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. Cabrera, A. Etenko, A. Givaudan, A. Hourlier, A. Meregaglia, A. Minotti, A. Onillon, A. Oralbaev, A. Stahl, A. Tonazzo, B. Lubsandorzhiev, B. Reinhold, B. Rybolt, B. Svoboda, C. Buck, C. Jollet, C. Lane, C. Lastoria, C. Mariani, C. Palomares, C. Veyssiere, C. Wiebusch, D. Franco, D. Hellwig, D. Kryn, D. Lhuillier, D.M. Kaplan, D. Navas-Nicol\\'as, E. Baussan, E. Blucher, E. Chauveau, E. Kemp, F. Suekane, F. Yermia, G. Mention, G. Pronost, G. Yang, H. Almazan, H. de Kerret, H. Furuta, H. G\\'omez, H. Lima, I. Bekman, I. Gil-Botella, I. Pepe, I. Stancu, J. Busenitz, J.C. dos Anjos, J. Dhooghe, J. Haser, J.I. Crespo-Anad\\'on, J. Jochum, J. Maeda, J. Maricic, J.M. L\\'opez-Casta\\~no, J.M. LoSecco, J.V. Dawson, K. Kale, L. Bezrukov, L. Camilleri, L.F.F. Stokes, L.F.G. Gonzalez, L. Giot, L. Oberauer, M. Cerrada, M. Dracos, M. Fallot, M. Franke, M. G\\\"ogger-Neff, M. Goodman, M. Ishitsuka, M. Kaneda, M. Kuze, M. Lindner, M. Obolensky, M. Skorokhvatov, M. Soiron, M. Strait, M. Vivier, M. Wurm, O. Corpace, P. Chimenti, P. Kampmann, P. Novella, P. Soldin, R. Carr, R. Santorelli, R. Sharankova, S. Appel, S. Sch\\\"onert, S. Schoppmann, S. Sukhotin, S. Wagner, T. Abrah\\~ao, T. Brugi\\`ere, T. Hara, T.J.C. Bezerra, T. Kawasaki, T. Lachenmaier, T. Laserre, T. Matsubara, T. Miletic, T. Sumiyoshi, V. Sibille, V. Sinev, V. Zimmer, Y. Nagasaka, Y. Sakamoto, Y. Sun, Z. Djurcic","submitted_at":"2016-11-23T15:39:43Z","abstract_excerpt":"A study on cosmic muons has been performed for the two identical near and far neutrino detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, placed at $\\sim$120 and $\\sim$300 m.w.e. underground respectively, including the corresponding simulations using the MUSIC simulation package. This characterization has allowed to measure the muon flux reaching both detectors to be (3.64 $\\pm$ 0.04) $\\times$ 10$^{-4}$ cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ for the near detector and (7.00 $\\pm$ 0.05) $\\times$ 10$^{-5}$ cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ for the far one. The seasonal modulation of the signal has also been studied observing a positive corre"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1611.07845","kind":"arxiv","version":4},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}