Electromagnetic interactions of cosmic ray muons in iron. II. Momentum dependence of the interaction probabilities

Abstract

For pt.i see Ibid., vol.5, no.12, 1706. The Durham spectrograph MARS has been used to study the electromagnetic interactions of cosmic ray muons in iron in the energy range 6-200 GeV. The interaction probabilities for producing single electrons and electron bursts of various sizes from the knock-on process, direct electron pair production and bremsstrahlung are investigated as a function of muon energy. Reasonable agreement between the measured probabilities and those predicted has been found and it is concluded that significant deviations from accepted theory are not likely.