Investigation of cascade showers in the Cherenkov water detector NEVOD. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Khokhlov, S S; Amelchakov, M B; Barbashina, N S; Bogdanov, A G; Burtsev, V D; Chernov, D V; Dmitrieva, A N; Dushkin, L I; Khomyakov, V A; Kindin, V V; Kokoulin, R P; Kompaniets, K G; Kovylyaeva, E A; Kruglikova, V S; Mannocchi, G; Ovchinnikov, V V; Petrukhin, A A; Saavedra, O; Shulzhenko, I A; Shutenko, V V; Trinchero, G; Yashin, I I; Zadeba, E A
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 632(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/632/1/012038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: A technique for the reconstruction of cascade profiles by means of Cherenkov radiation in the water of the NEVOD detector is discussed. NEVOD is equipped with a dense spatial lattice of optical modules. The analyzed cascades have been generated either along near-horizontal muons (zenith angles between 85 and 90°), which's tracks are reconstructed by means of the tracking detector DECOR, or by muons with unknown tracks over a wider zenith angle range of 50-90°. Mean cascade profiles and energy spectra of cascades measured during the experimental series of about 7950 hours of 'live time' are presented.