The dependence of muon intensity on the geomagnetic latitude

The vertical momentum spectrum of cosmic-ray muons has been determined by a counter controlled neon-hodoscope in the spectral region (0.2–3) Bev/c at geomagnetic latitude 12 °N. The observed spectrum agrees satisfactorily with the calculated spectrum of Olbert for muon momentum above 1.8 Bev/c. Below about 1.8 Bev/c, the measured spectrum exceeds slightly the theoretical spectrum of Olbert, calculated for the same geomagnetic latitude. The measured spectrum agrees with the experimental spectrum of Allkofer at 9 °N, but is somewhat below the spectrum obtained by Hayman in the low momentum region at 57.5 °N. This shows that there exists a latitude dependence of the low momentum muon spectrum. The estimated integral intensity of muon of momentum ≧320 Mev/c is found to be 7.3×10^?3 cm^?2 sec^?1 str^?1 which agrees with the value of other investigators^1–9.