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In the last years, many searches were performed for an underground muon signal from cosmic point sources. This search faces two main challenges. First, there is no known astrophysical process capable of producing a muon signal in underground detectors above atmospheric background. Any confirmed detection of a muon signal from a point source would demand non-Standard Model physics.
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Dekhissi, H. (2001). Muon Astronomy with the Underground Detectors. In: Giacomelli, G., Spurio, M., Derkaoui, J.E. (eds) Cosmic Radiations: From Astronomy to Particle Physics. NATO Science Series, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0634-7_28
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