Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Article Number: ARTN 026

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/02/026

Abstract

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.

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APA:

Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Ahlers, M., Ahn, E.J., Albuquerque, I.F.M., Allekotte, I.,... Ziolkowski, M. (2013). Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/02/026

MLA:

Abreu, Pedro, et al. "Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory." Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2 (2013).

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