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The L3+C experiment studies the muon component of the atmospheric showers induced by primary cosmic rays. It combines the high precision spectrometer of the L3 detector at LEP, CERN, with a small air shower array. The momenta of the cosmic ray induced muons can be measured from 20 to 2000 GeV/c. Up to now, almost 12 billion of muon events have been recorded on tape, as well as over 33 million air shower events. Here the first results on the muon momentum spectrum and charge ratio will be presented.
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Chiarusi, T., L3 Collaboration. (2001). L3+Cosmics: an atmospheric muon experiment at CERN. In: Shapiro, M.M., Stanev, T., Wefel, J.P. (eds) Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation. NATO Science Series, vol 44. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0560-9_28
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