Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies

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Knapp, Johannes; Heck, Dieter; Sciutto, Sergio Juan; Dova, María Teresa; Risse, Markus
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2003
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Air shower simulation programs are essential tools for the analysis of data from cosmic ray experiments and for planning the layout of new detectors. They are used to estimate the energy and mass of the primary particle. Unfortunately the model uncertainties translate directly into systematic errors in the energy and mass determination. Aiming at energies > 1019 eV, the models have to be extrapolated far beyond the energies available at accelerators. On the other hand, hybrid measurement of ground particle densities and calorimetric shower energy, as will be provided by the Pierre Auger Observatory, will strongly constrain shower models. While the main uncertainty of contemporary models comes from our poor knowledge of the (soft) hadronic interactions at high energies, also electromagnetic interactions, lowenergy hadronic interactions and the particle transport influence details of the shower development. We review here the physics processes and some of the computational techniques of air shower models presently used for highest energies, and discuss the properties and limitations of the models.
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Física
Radiación cósmica
Cascada atmosférica extensa
Pierre Auger Observatory
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
title Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
spellingShingle Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
Knapp, Johannes
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Radiación cósmica
Cascada atmosférica extensa
Pierre Auger Observatory
title_short Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
title_full Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
title_fullStr Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
title_full_unstemmed Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
title_sort Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Knapp, Johannes
Heck, Dieter
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Dova, María Teresa
Risse, Markus
author Knapp, Johannes
author_facet Knapp, Johannes
Heck, Dieter
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Dova, María Teresa
Risse, Markus
author_role author
author2 Heck, Dieter
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Dova, María Teresa
Risse, Markus
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Física
Radiación cósmica
Cascada atmosférica extensa
Pierre Auger Observatory
topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
Radiación cósmica
Cascada atmosférica extensa
Pierre Auger Observatory
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Air shower simulation programs are essential tools for the analysis of data from cosmic ray experiments and for planning the layout of new detectors. They are used to estimate the energy and mass of the primary particle. Unfortunately the model uncertainties translate directly into systematic errors in the energy and mass determination. Aiming at energies > 10<sup>19</sup> eV, the models have to be extrapolated far beyond the energies available at accelerators. On the other hand, hybrid measurement of ground particle densities and calorimetric shower energy, as will be provided by the Pierre Auger Observatory, will strongly constrain shower models. While the main uncertainty of contemporary models comes from our poor knowledge of the (soft) hadronic interactions at high energies, also electromagnetic interactions, lowenergy hadronic interactions and the particle transport influence details of the shower development. We review here the physics processes and some of the computational techniques of air shower models presently used for highest energies, and discuss the properties and limitations of the models.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
description Air shower simulation programs are essential tools for the analysis of data from cosmic ray experiments and for planning the layout of new detectors. They are used to estimate the energy and mass of the primary particle. Unfortunately the model uncertainties translate directly into systematic errors in the energy and mass determination. Aiming at energies > 10<sup>19</sup> eV, the models have to be extrapolated far beyond the energies available at accelerators. On the other hand, hybrid measurement of ground particle densities and calorimetric shower energy, as will be provided by the Pierre Auger Observatory, will strongly constrain shower models. While the main uncertainty of contemporary models comes from our poor knowledge of the (soft) hadronic interactions at high energies, also electromagnetic interactions, lowenergy hadronic interactions and the particle transport influence details of the shower development. We review here the physics processes and some of the computational techniques of air shower models presently used for highest energies, and discuss the properties and limitations of the models.
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