Speakers
Dr
Andrew Erlandson
(CNL)
Erica Caden
(SNOLAB)
Description
Muons, while reduced at SNOLAB's underground complex, are still a dominant background to many of the experiments located there. Two new collaborations are interested in better understanding these muon shower interactions: COSMO and CRUST. COSMO is a hardware project with industry partners, looking to deploy muon trackers in different locations underground, for a ~decadal study of the differential flux of high energy muons . CRUST is an analysis focused meta-collaboration looking at combining the muon data from the experiments underground to cross-correlate events and share developments in simulation tools for the community. This talk will cover both new projects, explaining their utility to the lab and their new scientific goals.
Authors
Dr
Andrew Erlandson
(CNL)
Erica Caden
(SNOLAB)