The differences in angular distributions of secondaries form EAS initiated by gammas and protons
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics
- Vol. 13 (9) , L217-L221
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4616/13/9/009
Abstract
Monte Carlo simulations have been performed for extensive atmospheric showers (EAS) initiated by primary gammas and protons. At sea level the angular distributions of the charged secondaries from proton-initiated showers are narrower than those from gamma-initiated showers. This effect is significant and it occurs at all radii. Thus by exploiting this difference, gamma showers can be enhanced over background if one has sufficient experimental angular resolution on individual tracks and sufficient numbers of detected particles.Keywords
This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The differences in delay times for air showers initiated by 100 TeV gamma rays and protonsJournal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics, 1987