Muons in gamma showers from Cygnus X-3?
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 32 (5) , 1244-1247
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.32.1244
Abstract
The Kiel experiment found that the average density of muons in gamma showers from Cygnus X-3 is 80% of that of nucleon-induced air showers. We therefore calculated again the muon content of photon-induced showers. Our calculations confirm the widely held belief that gamma showers should be μ-poor and that this should indeed be a discriminating signature for electromagnetic origin of a shower.Keywords
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