Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators

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García Canal, Carlos Alberto; Illana, J. I.; Masip, Martin Eduardo; Sciutto, Sergio Juan
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2013
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Very energetic charm and bottom hadrons may be produced in the upper atmosphere when a primary cosmic ray or the leading hadron in an extensive air shower collide with a nucleon. At E≈108 GeV their decay length becomes of order 10 km, implying that they tend to interact in the air instead of decaying. Since the inelasticity in these collisions is much smaller than the one in proton and pion collisions, there could be rare events where a heavy-hadron component transports a significant amount of energy deep into the atmosphere. We have developed a module for the detailed simulation of these processes and have included it in a new version of the air shower simulator AIRES. We study the frequency, the energy distribution and the depth of charm and bottom production and decay in the atmosphere. As an illustration, we consider the production and decay of tau leptons (from Ds decays) and the lepton flux at PeV energies from a 30 EeV proton primary. The proper inclusion of charm and bottom hadrons in AIRES opens the possibility to search for air-shower observables that are sensitive to heavy quark effects.
Fil: García Canal, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física; Argentina
Fil: Illana, J. I.. Universidad de Granada; España
Fil: Masip, Martin Eduardo. Universidad de Granada; España. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Sciutto, Sergio Juan. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina
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Astroparticles
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Air shower
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spelling Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulatorsGarcía Canal, Carlos AlbertoIllana, J. I.Masip, Martin EduardoSciutto, Sergio JuanAstroparticlesHeavy hadronsAir showerSimulationshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Very energetic charm and bottom hadrons may be produced in the upper atmosphere when a primary cosmic ray or the leading hadron in an extensive air shower collide with a nucleon. At E≈108 GeV their decay length becomes of order 10 km, implying that they tend to interact in the air instead of decaying. Since the inelasticity in these collisions is much smaller than the one in proton and pion collisions, there could be rare events where a heavy-hadron component transports a significant amount of energy deep into the atmosphere. We have developed a module for the detailed simulation of these processes and have included it in a new version of the air shower simulator AIRES. We study the frequency, the energy distribution and the depth of charm and bottom production and decay in the atmosphere. As an illustration, we consider the production and decay of tau leptons (from Ds decays) and the lepton flux at PeV energies from a 30 EeV proton primary. The proper inclusion of charm and bottom hadrons in AIRES opens the possibility to search for air-shower observables that are sensitive to heavy quark effects.Fil: García Canal, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física; ArgentinaFil: Illana, J. I.. Universidad de Granada; EspañaFil: Masip, Martin Eduardo. Universidad de Granada; España. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Sciutto, Sergio Juan. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; ArgentinaElsevier Science2013-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/23456García Canal, Carlos Alberto; Illana, J. I.; Masip, Martin Eduardo; Sciutto, Sergio Juan; Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators; Elsevier Science; Astroparticle Physics; 46; 5-2013; 29-330927-6505CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.04.006info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650513000741info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7072info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:44:28Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/23456instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:44:28.534CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators
title Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators
spellingShingle Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators
García Canal, Carlos Alberto
Astroparticles
Heavy hadrons
Air shower
Simulations
title_short Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators
title_full Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators
title_fullStr Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators
title_full_unstemmed Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators
title_sort Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Canal, Carlos Alberto
Illana, J. I.
Masip, Martin Eduardo
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
author García Canal, Carlos Alberto
author_facet García Canal, Carlos Alberto
Illana, J. I.
Masip, Martin Eduardo
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
author_role author
author2 Illana, J. I.
Masip, Martin Eduardo
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Astroparticles
Heavy hadrons
Air shower
Simulations
topic Astroparticles
Heavy hadrons
Air shower
Simulations
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Very energetic charm and bottom hadrons may be produced in the upper atmosphere when a primary cosmic ray or the leading hadron in an extensive air shower collide with a nucleon. At E≈108 GeV their decay length becomes of order 10 km, implying that they tend to interact in the air instead of decaying. Since the inelasticity in these collisions is much smaller than the one in proton and pion collisions, there could be rare events where a heavy-hadron component transports a significant amount of energy deep into the atmosphere. We have developed a module for the detailed simulation of these processes and have included it in a new version of the air shower simulator AIRES. We study the frequency, the energy distribution and the depth of charm and bottom production and decay in the atmosphere. As an illustration, we consider the production and decay of tau leptons (from Ds decays) and the lepton flux at PeV energies from a 30 EeV proton primary. The proper inclusion of charm and bottom hadrons in AIRES opens the possibility to search for air-shower observables that are sensitive to heavy quark effects.
Fil: García Canal, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física; Argentina
Fil: Illana, J. I.. Universidad de Granada; España
Fil: Masip, Martin Eduardo. Universidad de Granada; España. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Sciutto, Sergio Juan. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina
description Very energetic charm and bottom hadrons may be produced in the upper atmosphere when a primary cosmic ray or the leading hadron in an extensive air shower collide with a nucleon. At E≈108 GeV their decay length becomes of order 10 km, implying that they tend to interact in the air instead of decaying. Since the inelasticity in these collisions is much smaller than the one in proton and pion collisions, there could be rare events where a heavy-hadron component transports a significant amount of energy deep into the atmosphere. We have developed a module for the detailed simulation of these processes and have included it in a new version of the air shower simulator AIRES. We study the frequency, the energy distribution and the depth of charm and bottom production and decay in the atmosphere. As an illustration, we consider the production and decay of tau leptons (from Ds decays) and the lepton flux at PeV energies from a 30 EeV proton primary. The proper inclusion of charm and bottom hadrons in AIRES opens the possibility to search for air-shower observables that are sensitive to heavy quark effects.
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García Canal, Carlos Alberto; Illana, J. I.; Masip, Martin Eduardo; Sciutto, Sergio Juan; Production and propagation of heavy hadrons in air-shower simulators; Elsevier Science; Astroparticle Physics; 46; 5-2013; 29-33
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