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The muon system of the Daya Bay Reactor antineutrino experiment
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An, FP; Balantekin, AB; Band, HR; Beriguete, W; Bishai, M; Blyth, S; Brown, RE; Butorov, I; Cao, GF; Cao, J; Carr, R; Chan, YL; Chang, JF; Chang, L; Chang, Y; Chasman, C; Chen, HS; Chen, HY; Chen, QY; Chen, SJ; Chen, SM; Chen, XC; Chen, XH; Chen, Y; Chen, YX; Cheng, YP; Cherwinka, JJ; Chu, MC; Cummings, JP; Dale, E; De Arcos, J; Deng, ZY; Ding, YY; Diwan, MV; Draeger, E; Du, XF; Dwyer, DA; Edwards, WR; Ely, SR; Fu, JY; Ge, LQ; Gill, R; Goett, J; Gonchar, M; Gong, GH; Gong, H; Gu, WQ; Guan, MY; Guo, XH; Hackenburg, RW; Han, GH; Hans, S; He, M; He, Q; Heeger, KM; Heng, YK; Hinrichs, P; Hor, YK; Hsiung, YB; Hu, BZ; Hu, LJ; Hu, LM; Hu, T; Hu, W; Huang, EC; Huang, HX; Huang, HZ; Huang, XT; Huber, P; Hussain, G; Isvan, Z; Jaffe, DE; Jaffke, P; Jetter, S; Ji, XL; Ji, XP; Jiang, HJ; Jiao, JB; Johnson, RA; Kang, L; Kebwaro, JM; Kettell, SH; Kramer, M; Kwan, KK; Kwok, MW; Kwok, T; Lai, WC; Lai, WH; Lau, K; Lebanowski, L; Lee, J; Lei, RT; Leitner, R; Leung, A; Leung, JKC; Lewis, CA; Li, DJ; Li, F; Li, GS; Li, QJ
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The Daya Bay experiment consists of functionally identical antineutrino detectors immersed in pools of ultrapure water in three well-separated underground experimental halls near two nuclear reactor complexes. These pools serve both as shields against natural, low-energy radiation, and as water Cherenkov detectors that efficiently detect cosmic muons using arrays of photomultiplier tubes. Each pool is covered by a plane of resistive plate chambers as an additional means of detecting muons. Design, construction, operation, and performance of these muon detectors are described.