Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth
- Autores
- Dova, María Teresa; Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra; Hansen, Patricia María; Jarne, Cecilia Gisele; Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela; Moreno, Juan Cruz; Sciutto, Sergio Juan; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The Pierre Auger Collaboration
- Año de publicación
- 2014
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory provides information about the longitudinal development of the muonic component of extensive air showers. Using the timing information from the flash analog-to-digital converter traces of surface detectors far from the shower core, it is possible to reconstruct a muon production depth distribution. We characterize the goodness of this reconstruction for zenith angles around 60° and different energies of the primary particle. From these distributions, we define Xμmax as the depth along the shower axis where the production of muons reaches maximum. We explore the potentiality of Xμmax as a useful observable to infer the mass composition of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Likewise, we assess its ability to constrain hadronic interaction models.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Instituto de Física La Plata - Materia
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Ciencias Exactas
Física
longitudinal development
Physics
muonic component
extensive air showers
muons
cosmic rays
hadronic interaction models - Nivel de accesibilidad
- acceso abierto
- Condiciones de uso
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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- Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depthDova, María TeresaGómez Albarracín, Flavia AlejandraHansen, Patricia MaríaJarne, Cecilia GiseleMariazzi, Analisa GabrielaMoreno, Juan CruzSciutto, Sergio JuanWahlberg, Hernán PabloThe Pierre Auger CollaborationCiencias ExactasFísicalongitudinal developmentPhysicsmuonic componentextensive air showersmuonscosmic rayshadronic interaction modelsThe surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory provides information about the longitudinal development of the muonic component of extensive air showers. Using the timing information from the flash analog-to-digital converter traces of surface detectors far from the shower core, it is possible to reconstruct a muon production depth distribution. We characterize the goodness of this reconstruction for zenith angles around 60° and different energies of the primary particle. From these distributions, we define X<sup>μ</sup><sub>max</sub> as the depth along the shower axis where the production of muons reaches maximum. We explore the potentiality of X<sup>μ</sup><sub>max</sub> as a useful observable to infer the mass composition of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Likewise, we assess its ability to constrain hadronic interaction models.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Facultad de Ciencias ExactasInstituto de Física La Plata2014-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126511enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1550-7998info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1550-2368info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1103/physrevd.90.012012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:30:23Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/126511Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:30:24.065SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse |
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Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth |
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Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth |
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Dova, María Teresa Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra Hansen, Patricia María Jarne, Cecilia Gisele Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela Moreno, Juan Cruz Sciutto, Sergio Juan Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo The Pierre Auger Collaboration |
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Dova, María Teresa Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra Hansen, Patricia María Jarne, Cecilia Gisele Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela Moreno, Juan Cruz Sciutto, Sergio Juan Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo The Pierre Auger Collaboration |
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The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory provides information about the longitudinal development of the muonic component of extensive air showers. Using the timing information from the flash analog-to-digital converter traces of surface detectors far from the shower core, it is possible to reconstruct a muon production depth distribution. We characterize the goodness of this reconstruction for zenith angles around 60° and different energies of the primary particle. From these distributions, we define X<sup>μ</sup><sub>max</sub> as the depth along the shower axis where the production of muons reaches maximum. We explore the potentiality of X<sup>μ</sup><sub>max</sub> as a useful observable to infer the mass composition of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Likewise, we assess its ability to constrain hadronic interaction models. La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Instituto de Física La Plata |
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