μPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET Detectors
The <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>PPET [mu(<inline-formula><math xmlns="ht...
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| author | Alessio Porcelli Kavya Valsan Eliyan Gabriel Moskal Nousaba Nasrin Protiti Diana Laura Sirghi Ermias Yitayew Beyene Neha Chug Catalina Curceanu Eryk Czerwiński Manish Das Marek Gorgol Jakub Hajduga Sharareh Jalali Bożena Jasińska Krzysztof Kacprzak Tevfik Kaplanoglu Łukasz Kapłon Kamila Kasperska Aleksander Khreptak Grzegorz Korcyl Tomasz Kozik Deepak Kumar Karol Kubat Edward Lisowski Filip Lisowski Justyna Mędrala-Sowa Wiktor Mryka Simbarashe Moyo Szymon Niedźwiecki Szymon Parzych Piyush Pandey Elena Perez del Rio Bartłomiej Rachwał Martin Rädler Sushil Sharma Magdalena Skurzok Ewa Łucja Stȩpień Tomasz Szumlak Pooja Tanty Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili Satyam Tiwari Paweł Moskal |
| author_facet | Alessio Porcelli Kavya Valsan Eliyan Gabriel Moskal Nousaba Nasrin Protiti Diana Laura Sirghi Ermias Yitayew Beyene Neha Chug Catalina Curceanu Eryk Czerwiński Manish Das Marek Gorgol Jakub Hajduga Sharareh Jalali Bożena Jasińska Krzysztof Kacprzak Tevfik Kaplanoglu Łukasz Kapłon Kamila Kasperska Aleksander Khreptak Grzegorz Korcyl Tomasz Kozik Deepak Kumar Karol Kubat Edward Lisowski Filip Lisowski Justyna Mędrala-Sowa Wiktor Mryka Simbarashe Moyo Szymon Niedźwiecki Szymon Parzych Piyush Pandey Elena Perez del Rio Bartłomiej Rachwał Martin Rädler Sushil Sharma Magdalena Skurzok Ewa Łucja Stȩpień Tomasz Szumlak Pooja Tanty Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili Satyam Tiwari Paweł Moskal |
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| description | The <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>PPET [mu(<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>)on Probe with J-PET] project aims to investigate the “Muon Puzzle” seen in cosmic ray air showers. This puzzle arises from the observation of a significantly larger number of muons on Earth’s surface than that predicted by the current theoretical models. The investigated hypothesis is based on recently observed asymmetries in the parameters for the strong interaction cross-section and trajectory of an outgoing particle due to projectile–target polarization. The measurements require detailed information about muons at the ground level, including their track and charge distributions. To achieve this, the two PET scanners developed at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland), the J-PET detectors, will be employed, taking advantage of their well-known resolution and convenient location for detecting muons that reach long depths in the atmosphere. One station will be used as a muon tracker, while the second will reconstruct the core of the air shower. In parallel, the existing hadronic interaction models will be modified and fine-tuned based on the experimental results. In this work, we present the conceptualization and preliminary designs of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>PPET. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8eefd992716349f0ab91c9522c293d712025-08-20T03:29:44ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972025-06-0111618010.3390/universe11060180μPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET DetectorsAlessio Porcelli0Kavya Valsan Eliyan1Gabriel Moskal2Nousaba Nasrin Protiti3Diana Laura Sirghi4Ermias Yitayew Beyene5Neha Chug6Catalina Curceanu7Eryk Czerwiński8Manish Das9Marek Gorgol10Jakub Hajduga11Sharareh Jalali12Bożena Jasińska13Krzysztof Kacprzak14Tevfik Kaplanoglu15Łukasz Kapłon16Kamila Kasperska17Aleksander Khreptak18Grzegorz Korcyl19Tomasz Kozik20Deepak Kumar21Karol Kubat22Edward Lisowski23Filip Lisowski24Justyna Mędrala-Sowa25Wiktor Mryka26Simbarashe Moyo27Szymon Niedźwiecki28Szymon Parzych29Piyush Pandey30Elena Perez del Rio31Bartłomiej Rachwał32Martin Rädler33Sushil Sharma34Magdalena Skurzok35Ewa Łucja Stȩpień36Tomasz Szumlak37Pooja Tanty38Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili39Satyam Tiwari40Paweł Moskal41Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandCenter for Theranostics, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 40, 31-034 Cracow, PolandCentro de Investigación, Tecnología, Educación y Vinculación Astronómica, Universidad de Antofagasta, Avenida Angamos 601, Antofagasta 1240000, ChileLaboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, ItalyFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandLaboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, ItalyFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandInstitute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 1, 20-031 Lublin, PolandFaculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandInstitute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 1, 20-031 Lublin, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, al. Jana Pawła II 37, 31-864 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, al. Jana Pawła II 37, 31-864 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Cracow, PolandThe <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>PPET [mu(<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>)on Probe with J-PET] project aims to investigate the “Muon Puzzle” seen in cosmic ray air showers. This puzzle arises from the observation of a significantly larger number of muons on Earth’s surface than that predicted by the current theoretical models. The investigated hypothesis is based on recently observed asymmetries in the parameters for the strong interaction cross-section and trajectory of an outgoing particle due to projectile–target polarization. The measurements require detailed information about muons at the ground level, including their track and charge distributions. To achieve this, the two PET scanners developed at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland), the J-PET detectors, will be employed, taking advantage of their well-known resolution and convenient location for detecting muons that reach long depths in the atmosphere. One station will be used as a muon tracker, while the second will reconstruct the core of the air shower. In parallel, the existing hadronic interaction models will be modified and fine-tuned based on the experimental results. In this work, we present the conceptualization and preliminary designs of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>PPET.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/11/6/180cosmic raysMuon PuzzleJ-PETextensive air showersmuons |
| spellingShingle | Alessio Porcelli Kavya Valsan Eliyan Gabriel Moskal Nousaba Nasrin Protiti Diana Laura Sirghi Ermias Yitayew Beyene Neha Chug Catalina Curceanu Eryk Czerwiński Manish Das Marek Gorgol Jakub Hajduga Sharareh Jalali Bożena Jasińska Krzysztof Kacprzak Tevfik Kaplanoglu Łukasz Kapłon Kamila Kasperska Aleksander Khreptak Grzegorz Korcyl Tomasz Kozik Deepak Kumar Karol Kubat Edward Lisowski Filip Lisowski Justyna Mędrala-Sowa Wiktor Mryka Simbarashe Moyo Szymon Niedźwiecki Szymon Parzych Piyush Pandey Elena Perez del Rio Bartłomiej Rachwał Martin Rädler Sushil Sharma Magdalena Skurzok Ewa Łucja Stȩpień Tomasz Szumlak Pooja Tanty Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili Satyam Tiwari Paweł Moskal μPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET Detectors Universe cosmic rays Muon Puzzle J-PET extensive air showers muons |
| title | μPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET Detectors |
| title_full | μPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET Detectors |
| title_fullStr | μPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET Detectors |
| title_full_unstemmed | μPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET Detectors |
| title_short | μPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET Detectors |
| title_sort | μppet investigating the muon puzzle with j pet detectors |
| topic | cosmic rays Muon Puzzle J-PET extensive air showers muons |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/11/6/180 |
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