Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

To interpret the mean depth of cosmic ray air shower maximum and its dispersion, we parametrize those two observables as functions of the first two moments of the ln A distribution. We examine the goodness of this simple method through simulations of test mass distributions. The application of the p...

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270 1 0 |m Abreu, P.; LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of LisbonPortugal 
500 |a Este trabajo contiene más de 100 autores, por lo que solo se registrarán: el primer autor que aparece en el mismo (independientemente de su filiación institucional) y a continuación, únicamente los autores que tengan como filiación institucional esta casa de estudios, es decir Exactas-UBA 
506 |2 openaire  |e Política editorial 
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520 3 |a To interpret the mean depth of cosmic ray air shower maximum and its dispersion, we parametrize those two observables as functions of the first two moments of the ln A distribution. We examine the goodness of this simple method through simulations of test mass distributions. The application of the parameterization to Pierre Auger Observatory data allows one to study the energy dependence of the mean ln A and of its variance under the assumption of selected hadronic interaction models. We discuss possible implications of these dependences in term of interaction models and astrophysical cosmic ray sources. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.  |l eng 
593 |a Centro Atómico Bariloche, Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina 
593 |a Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF, CONICET, Argentina 
593 |a Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Argentina 
593 |a IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina 
593 |a Instituto de Astronomá́ y Física Del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina 
593 |a Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/U.N.R., Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina 
593 |a Instituto de Tecnologá́s en Detección y Astropartículas, Buenos Aires, Argentina 
593 |a National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina 
593 |a Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina 
593 |a Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina 
593 |a Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 
593 |a University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia 
593 |a Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 
593 |a Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Carlos, SP, Brazil 
593 |a Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 
593 |a Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil 
593 |a Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil 
593 |a Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil 
593 |a Universidade Federal Do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil 
593 |a Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 
593 |a Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil 
593 |a Rudjer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia 
593 |a Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic 
593 |a Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic 
593 |a Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic 
593 |a Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France 
593 |a Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France 
593 |a Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France 
593 |a Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, CNRS-IN2P3, France 
593 |a Station de Radioastronomie de Nanćay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, France 
593 |a SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, Université de Nantes, France 
593 |a Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany 
593 |a Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany 
593 |a Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany 
593 |a Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany 
593 |a Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany 
593 |a RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany 
593 |a Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 
593 |a Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany 
593 |a Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universitá, INFN, Genova, Italy 
593 |a Universitá dell'Aquila, INFN, L'Aquila, Italy 
593 |a Universitá di Milano, Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy 
593 |a Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy 
593 |a Universitá di Roma II Tor Vergata, Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy 
593 |a Universitá di Catania, Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy 
593 |a Universitá di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy 
593 |a Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E. de Giorgi, Universitá Del Salento, Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy 
593 |a Istituto di Astrošica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy 
593 |a Istituto di Fisica Dello Spazio Interplanetario (INAF), Universitá di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy 
593 |a INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy 
593 |a Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico 
593 |a Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico 
593 |a Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 
593 |a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico 
593 |a IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands 
593 |a Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands 
593 |a Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
593 |a ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands 
593 |a Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland 
593 |a University of Lódź, Lódź, Poland 
593 |a LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal 
593 |a 'Horia Hulubei' National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania 
593 |a University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania 
593 |a University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania 
593 |a J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia 
593 |a Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia 
593 |a Institut de Física Corpuscular, CSIC, Universitat de Valéncia, Valencia, Spain 
593 |a Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 
593 |a Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain 
593 |a Universidad de Granada, C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain 
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593 |a School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom 
593 |a Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States 
593 |a Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States 
593 |a Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States 
593 |a Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States 
593 |a Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, United States 
593 |a Fermilab, Batavia, IL, United States 
593 |a Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States 
593 |a Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States 
593 |a Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States 
593 |a New York University, New York, NY, United States 
593 |a Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States 
593 |a Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States 
593 |a Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States 
593 |a University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States 
593 |a University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States 
593 |a University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States 
593 |a University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States 
593 |a University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States 
593 |a University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States 
593 |a Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), Hanoi, Viet Nam 
593 |a Konan University, Japan 
593 |a Universidad Autonoma, Spain 
593 |a University of Maryland, United States 
593 |a NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 
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