Properties of air showers and the nature of the primary cosmic-ray spectrum
- 15 May 1968
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 46 (10) , S142-S146
- https://doi.org/10.1139/p68-196
Abstract
Calculations of the longitudinal development of air showers initiated by protons and heavy primaries are made. A comparison of the characteristics indicates that the separation of the heavy nucleus and proton-initiated showers is difficult. The size dependence of the number of muons of energy greater than 1, 220, and 660 GeV is shown to be consistent with the existence of a rigidity cutoff of galactic cosmic rays at ~ 105 GV, followed by an extragalactic component of protons at higher energies. The lateral distribution of 220-GeV muons in air showers is shown to be consistent with a mean transverse momentum of less than 1 GeV per pion.Keywords
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