Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.

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 pos...

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Autores: Arqueros Martínez, Fernando, Blanco Ramos, Francisco, García Pinto, Diego, Minaya Flores, Ignacio Andrés, Ortiz Ramis, Montserrat, Rosado Vélez, Jaime, Vázquez Peñas, José Ramón
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Cosmic-rays
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2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
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spelling Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.Arqueros Martínez, FernandoBlanco Ramos, FranciscoGarcía Pinto, DiegoMinaya Flores, Ignacio AndrésOrtiz Ramis, MontserratRosado Vélez, JaimeVázquez Peñas, José Ramón539.1Surface detector arrayCosmic-raysModelSystemFísica nuclear2207 Física Atómica y NuclearThe 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 degrees and different energies of the primary particle. From these distributions, we define X-max(mu) as the depth along the shower axis where the production of muons reaches maximum. We explore the potentiality of X-max(mu) as a useful observable to infer the mass composition of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Likewise, we assess its ability to constrain hadronic interaction models.Amer Physical SocUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20142014-07-2520142014-07-25journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34787reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/347872026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.
title Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.
spellingShingle Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.
Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
539.1
Surface detector array
Cosmic-rays
Model
System
Física nuclear
2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
title_short Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.
title_full Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.
title_fullStr Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.
title_full_unstemmed Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.
title_sort Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurement of atmospheric production depth.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
Blanco Ramos, Francisco
García Pinto, Diego
Minaya Flores, Ignacio Andrés
Ortiz Ramis, Montserrat
Rosado Vélez, Jaime
Vázquez Peñas, José Ramón
author Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
author_facet Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
Blanco Ramos, Francisco
García Pinto, Diego
Minaya Flores, Ignacio Andrés
Ortiz Ramis, Montserrat
Rosado Vélez, Jaime
Vázquez Peñas, José Ramón
author_role author
author2 Blanco Ramos, Francisco
García Pinto, Diego
Minaya Flores, Ignacio Andrés
Ortiz Ramis, Montserrat
Rosado Vélez, Jaime
Vázquez Peñas, José Ramón
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 539.1
Surface detector array
Cosmic-rays
Model
System
Física nuclear
2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
topic 539.1
Surface detector array
Cosmic-rays
Model
System
Física nuclear
2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
description 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 degrees and different energies of the primary particle. From these distributions, we define X-max(mu) as the depth along the shower axis where the production of muons reaches maximum. We explore the potentiality of X-max(mu) as a useful observable to infer the mass composition of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Likewise, we assess its ability to constrain hadronic interaction models.
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