Momentum measurement and, in particular, muon detection is an important aspect of any experiment of particle physics, astronomy or astrophysics. Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are currently at the forefront of astroparticle physics searching for the accelerators in the sky. These questions can be studied by the detection of extensive air showers at ground level by measuring secondary electrons, muons and hadrons produced by primary cosmic rays which initiate hadronic cascades in the Earth's atmosphere. The detectors have to operate for many years in order to map the galactic sources of high-energy cosmic rays which may be visible at the experimental sites. There are several experiments dedicated to studying these air showers that employ large detector arrays for electron and muon detection. Apart from water Cherenkov and scintillation counters, typical detectors such as limited streamer tubes [1] and resistive-plate chambers are also used [2].

In the field of high energy physics, over the last several decades many outstanding discoveries have been made from the studies of muons along with other precision measurements of leptons and hadrons.