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The Prompt lepton cookbook

C.G.S. Costa
(
- Brussels U.
)

Oct, 2000

36 pages

Published in:

Astropart.Phys. 16 (2001) 193-204

e-Print:

hep-ph/0010306 [hep-ph]

DOI:

10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00105-0

Report number:

ULB-TH-00-24

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Abstract:

We review the calculation of the prompt lepton flux, produced in the atmosphere by the semileptonic decay of charmed particles. We describe side by side the intermediary ingredients used by different authors, which include not only the charm production model, but also other atmospheric particle showering parameters. After evaluating separately the relevance of each single ingredient, we analyze the effect of different combinations over the final result. We highlight the impact of the prompt lepton flux calculation upon high-energy neutrino telescopes.

Note:

21 pages, 10 figures; revised version, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics Report-no: ULB-TH-00/24

cosmic radiation: primary
cosmic radiation: secondary
cosmic radiation: energy spectrum
showers: air
lepton: direct production
lepton: flux
charmed particle: semileptonic decay
nucleon: path length
nucleon nucleus: inelastic scattering
charmed particle: inelastic scattering

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