Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects

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Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
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2022
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Cosmic rays are relativistic particles that come to the Earth from outer space. Despite a great effort made in both experimental and theoretical research, their origin is still unknown. One of the main keys to understand their nature is the determination of its chemical composition as a function of primary energy. In this paper, we review the measurements of the mass composition above 1015 eV. We first summarize the main aspects of air shower physics that are relevant in composition analyses. We discuss the composition measurements made by using optical, radio, and surface detectors and the limitations imposed by current high-energy hadronic interaction models that are used to interpret the experimental data. We also review the photons and neutrinos searches conducted in different experiments, which, in addition to being important to understand the nature of cosmic rays, can provide relevant information related to the abundance of heavy or light elements in the flux at the highest energies. Finally, we summarize the future composition measurements that are currently being planned or under development.
Fil: Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; Argentina
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COSMIC RAYS
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
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spelling Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and ProspectsSupanitsky, Alberto DanielCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONCOSMIC RAYSEXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Cosmic rays are relativistic particles that come to the Earth from outer space. Despite a great effort made in both experimental and theoretical research, their origin is still unknown. One of the main keys to understand their nature is the determination of its chemical composition as a function of primary energy. In this paper, we review the measurements of the mass composition above 1015 eV. We first summarize the main aspects of air shower physics that are relevant in composition analyses. We discuss the composition measurements made by using optical, radio, and surface detectors and the limitations imposed by current high-energy hadronic interaction models that are used to interpret the experimental data. We also review the photons and neutrinos searches conducted in different experiments, which, in addition to being important to understand the nature of cosmic rays, can provide relevant information related to the abundance of heavy or light elements in the flux at the highest energies. Finally, we summarize the future composition measurements that are currently being planned or under development.Fil: Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaMDPI2022-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/211452Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel; Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects; MDPI; Galaxies; 10; 3; 6-2022; 1-282075-4434CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/galaxies10030075info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:43:16Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/211452instacron: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 09:43:16.457CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects
title Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects
spellingShingle Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects
Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COSMIC RAYS
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
title_short Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects
title_full Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects
title_fullStr Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects
title_full_unstemmed Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects
title_sort Determination of the Cosmic-Ray Chemical Composition: Open Issues and Prospects
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
author Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
author_facet Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COSMIC RAYS
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
topic CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COSMIC RAYS
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Cosmic rays are relativistic particles that come to the Earth from outer space. Despite a great effort made in both experimental and theoretical research, their origin is still unknown. One of the main keys to understand their nature is the determination of its chemical composition as a function of primary energy. In this paper, we review the measurements of the mass composition above 1015 eV. We first summarize the main aspects of air shower physics that are relevant in composition analyses. We discuss the composition measurements made by using optical, radio, and surface detectors and the limitations imposed by current high-energy hadronic interaction models that are used to interpret the experimental data. We also review the photons and neutrinos searches conducted in different experiments, which, in addition to being important to understand the nature of cosmic rays, can provide relevant information related to the abundance of heavy or light elements in the flux at the highest energies. Finally, we summarize the future composition measurements that are currently being planned or under development.
Fil: Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; Argentina
description Cosmic rays are relativistic particles that come to the Earth from outer space. Despite a great effort made in both experimental and theoretical research, their origin is still unknown. One of the main keys to understand their nature is the determination of its chemical composition as a function of primary energy. In this paper, we review the measurements of the mass composition above 1015 eV. We first summarize the main aspects of air shower physics that are relevant in composition analyses. We discuss the composition measurements made by using optical, radio, and surface detectors and the limitations imposed by current high-energy hadronic interaction models that are used to interpret the experimental data. We also review the photons and neutrinos searches conducted in different experiments, which, in addition to being important to understand the nature of cosmic rays, can provide relevant information related to the abundance of heavy or light elements in the flux at the highest energies. Finally, we summarize the future composition measurements that are currently being planned or under development.
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