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Measurement of the muon stopping power in lead tungstate
Abstract
A large sample of cosmic ray events collected by the CMS detector is exploited to measure the specific energy loss of muons in the lead tungstate (PbWO_4) of the electromagnetic calorimeter. The measurement spans a momentum range from 5 GeV/c to 1 TeV/c. The results are consistent with the expectations over the entire range. The calorimeter energy scale, set with 120 GeV/c electrons, is validated down to the sub-GeV region using energy deposits, of order 100 MeV, associated with low-momentum muons. The muon critical energy in PbWO_4 is measured to be 160^(+5)_(−6)±8 GeV, in agreement with expectations. This is the first experimental determination of muon critical energy.
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© 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA. Received: December 1, 2009; Accepted: February 27, 2010; Published: March 19, 2010. We thank the technical and administrative staff at CERN and other CMS Institutes, and acknowledge support from: FMSR (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); Academy of Sciences and NICPB (Estonia); Academy of Finland, ME, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NKTH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); NRF (Korea); LAS (Lithuania); CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); PAEC (Pakistan); SCSR (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan); MST and MAE (Russia); MSTDS (Serbia); MICINN and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); NSC (Taipei); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie IEF program (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.Attached Files
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- FMSR (Austria)
- FNRS (Belgium)
- FWO (Belgium)
- CNPq (Brazil)
- CAPES (Brazil)
- FAPERJ (Brazil)
- FAPESP (Brazil)
- MES (Bulgaria)
- CERN (China)
- CAS (China)
- MoST (China)
- NSFC (China)
- COLCIEN-CIAS (Colombia)
- MSES (Croatia)
- RPF (Cyprus)
- Academy of Sciences (Estonia)
- NICPB (Estonia)
- Academy of Finland (Finland)
- ME (Finland)
- HIP (Finland)
- CEA (France)
- CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
- BMBF (Germany)
- DFG (Germany)
- HGF (Germany)
- GSRT (Greece)
- OTKA (Hungary)
- NKTH (Hungary)
- DAE (India)
- DST (India)
- IPM (Iran)
- SFI (Ireland)
- INFN (Italy)
- NRF (Korea)
- LAS (Lithuania)
- CINVESTAV (Mexico)
- CONACYT (Mexico)
- SEP (Mexico)
- UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
- PAEC (Pakistan)
- SCSR (Poland)
- FCT (Portugal)
- JINR (Armenia)
- JINR (Belarus)
- JINR (Georgia)
- JINR (Ukraine)
- JINR (Uzbekistan)
- MST (Russia)
- MAE (Russia)
- MSTDS (Serbia)
- MICINN (Spain)
- CPAN (Spain)
- Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland)
- NSC (Taipei)
- TUBITAK (Turkey)
- TAEK (Turkey)
- STFC (United Kingdom)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
- European Union
- Leventis Foundation
- A. P. Sloan Foundation
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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