Muon generator

Generate random samples of cosmic ray muons at sea level
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This file provides a cosmic ray muon sampling capability for use in Monte Carlo simulations. The muon energy distribution is described by the Smith & Duller (1959) phenomenological model that captures the main characteristics of the experimentally measured spectrum. Statistical algorithms are then employed for generating random samples.
The inverse transform provides a means to generate samples from the muon angular distribution corrected for solid angle effect. The Acceptance-Rejection method is used to generate samples for the actual angular distribution, simulated as cosine squared. The Acceptance-Rejection method is also used to provide the energy component. Final output is a look-up table that contains the sampled angles and energies.

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Stylianos Chatzidakis (2024). Muon generator (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/51203-muon-generator), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2012a
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Version Published Release Notes
3.0.0.0

The file was updated to provide actual angular muon distribution samples, simulated as cosine squared. Previous versions were sampling angles corrected for the solid angle effect. This possibility was maintained in the updated version.

2.0.0.0

Instructions and citation update

1.0.0.0

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