Inelasticity in-nucleus collisions and its application to high energy cosmic-ray cascades
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 56 (5) , 3135-3142
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.56.3135
Abstract
We employ a simple multiple scattering model to investigate the inclusive reaction for projectile momenta in the range. We find that data are consistent with a class of interaction models in which the stopping power of nuclei is rather low. We discuss extrapolation to ultrahigh energy and the application to interpretation of cosmic-ray air showers at energies up to
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