Muon Astrophysics with the MCORD Detector

Marcin Bielewicz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Maciej Rybczyński, Zbigniew Włodarczyk, Lukasz Świderski, Elżbieta Strugalska-Gola and Kamil Wójcika

The MPD (Multi-Purpose Detector) complex is the main component of the new NICA (New Ion Collider fAcility) being built at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia. A group of Polish scientists from the NICA-PL Consortium was invited to design and construct an additional cosmic ray detector called MCORD (MPD COsmic Ray Detector). This detector and its standard operation as a muon trigger can also be used for unique astrophysical observations. Its basic features and potential applications will be described below.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 12, 56-59 (2022)

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