Capdevielle, J.N. and Le Gall, C. and Gawin, J. and Kurp, I. and Szabelska, B. and Szabelski, J. and Wibig, T. (2002) Lateral distribution functions for giant air showers. Il nuovo cimento C, 25 (4). pp. 393-424. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
We have compared the lateral analytical structure functions coming from cascade theory to the numerical distributions generated by EAS Monte Carlo simulations and to the empirical functions used in giant air showers experiments. Introducing the Gaussian hypergeometric formalism, we have improved the analytical description in the most common topological situations and we propose a new function characterized by both terms fitted separately to the electron-positron and the muon components. Important effects in the accuracy of the core position determination are underlined and consequences for the primary energy estimation are discussed. The consecutive treatment and interpretation of the data contained in the catalogues of Volcano Ranch and Yakutsk, completed by the most energetic event of AGASA, are presented. Results might have important implications for detector configuration of the future giant air shower arrays.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Extensive air showers ; Composition, energy spectra, and interactions ; Cosmic-ray interactions |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 550 Scienze della Terra > 551 Geologia, Idrologia, Meteorologia > 551.5 Meteorologia (Classificare qui l'atmosfera) (Classificare la previsione e le previsioni di specifici fenomeni meteorologici in 551.64; classificare la Micrometeorologia in 551.66) > 551.52 Termodinamica, interazioni atmosferiche con la superficie terrestre, temperature, radiazioni > 551.527 Radiazioni (per fenomeni ottici, vedi 551.565) > 551.5276 Radiazioni cosmiche (Include il rumore cosmico) (Classificare qui i raggi cosmici) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2020 13:21 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2020 13:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/14826 |
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