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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spelling todo:paper_14757516_v2013_n2_p_Multitudinario2023-10-03T16:18:46Z Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory Multitudinario:508 cosmic ray experiments ultra high energy cosmic rays 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. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14757516_v2013_n2_p_Multitudinario
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ultra high energy cosmic rays
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ultra high energy cosmic rays
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Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
topic_facet cosmic ray experiments
ultra high energy cosmic rays
description 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.
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title Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_short Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_full Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_fullStr Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_full_unstemmed Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_sort interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the pierre auger observatory
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14757516_v2013_n2_p_Multitudinario
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