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| International Symposium on Future Directions in UHECR Physics (UHECR 2012), Geneva : Italy (2012) |
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| Measurement of the Muon Production Depth |
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| For the PIERRE AUGER collaboration(s) |
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| The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory allows for an experimental estimation of the muonic longitudinal development of extensive air showers in an indirect way. From the FADC traces of the surface detectors far from the core it is possible to reconstruct the Muon Production Depth distribution (MPD). We characterize the goodness of this reconstruction for zenith angles around 60 degrees and different energies of the primary particle. The maximum of this distribution, X?max, interpreted as the point where the muon production reaches a maximum along the cascade development, is explored as a sensitive parameter to infer the mass composition of cosmic rays. |
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| 1: | LAL - Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire |
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| Subject(s) | : | Physics/Astrophysics/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Sciences of the Universe/Astrophysics/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Physics/Astrophysics/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic Sciences of the Universe/Astrophysics/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic Physics/High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| in2p3-00682717, version 1 | |
| http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00682717 | |
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| From: Françoise Marechal | |
| Submitted on: Monday, 26 March 2012 15:41:36 | |
| Updated on: Tuesday, 27 March 2012 10:30:08 | |
