The flux of cosmic ray muons at sea level is about one per square centimeter per minute.
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The flux of cosmic ray muons at sea level is about one per square centimeter per minute. Given their mass stopping power of2 MeV cm2 /gm, and their weighting factor , wμ = 1 estimate an average person’s (living at sea level) equivalent dose in mSv/y from cosmic ray muons.
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