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Journal Articles Physical Review Letters Year : 2010

Measurement of the Depth of Maximum of Extensive Air Showers above 10^18 eV

J. Abraham , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , E.J. Ahn , D. Allard (1) , I. Allekotte , J. Allen , J. Alvarez-Muniz , M. Ambrosio , L. Anchordoqui , S. Andringa , T. Anticic , A. Anzalone , C. Aramo , E. Arganda , K. Arisaka , F. Arqueros , H. Asorey , P. Assis , J. Aublin (2) , M. Ave , G. Avila , T. Bäcker , D. Badagnani , M. Balzer , K.B. Barber , A.F. Barbosa , S.L.C. Barroso , B. Baughman , P. Bauleo , J.J. Beatty , B.R. Becker , K.H. Becker , A. Bellétoile (3) , J.A. Bellido , S. Benzvi , C. Berat (3) , T. Bergmann , X. Bertou , P.L. Biermann , P. Billoir (2) , O. Blanch-Bigas (2) , F. Blanco , M. Blanco , C. Bleve , H. Blümer , M. Bohacova , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi (2) , R. Bonino , N. Borodai , J. Brack , P. Brogueira , W.C. Brown , R. Bruijn , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , R.E. Burton , N.G. Busca (4) , K.S. Caballero-Mora , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , G. Cataldi , L. Cazon , R. Cester , J. Chauvin (3) , A. Chiavassa , J.A. Chinellato , A. Chou , J. Chudoba , R.W. Clay , E. Colombo , M.R. Coluccia , R. Conceiçao , F. Contreras , H. Cook , M.J. Cooper , J. Coppens , A. Cordier (5) , U. Cotti , S. Coutu , C.E. Covault , A. Creusot , A. Criss , J. Cronin , A. Curutiu , S. Dagoret-Campagne (5) , Richard Dallier (6) , K. Daumiller , B.R. Dawson , R.M. de Almeida , M. de Domenico , C. de Donato , S.J. de Jong , G. de La Vega , W.J.M. de Mello Junior , J.R.T. de Mello Neto , I. de Mitri , V. de Souza , K.D. de Vries , G. Decerprit (4) , L. del Peral , O. Deligny (7) , A. Della Selva , C. Delle Fratte , H. Dembinski , C. Di Giulio , J.C. Diaz , M.L. Diaz Castro , P.N. Diep , C. Dobrigkeit , J.C. d'Olivo , P.N. Dong , A. Dorofeev , J.C. Dos , M.T. Dova , D. d'Urso , I. Dutan , M.A. Duvernois , J. Ebr , R. Engel , M. Erdmann , C.O. Escobar , A. Etchegoyen , P. Facal San Luis , H. Falcke , G. Farrar , A.C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , A. Ferrero , B. Fick , A. Filevich , A. Filipcic , I. Fleck , S. Fliescher , C.E. Fracchiolla , E.D. Fraenkel , U. Fröhlich , W. Fulgione , R.F. Gamarra , S. Gambetta , B. Garcia , D. Garcia Gamez , D. Garcia-Pinto , X. Garrido (5) , G. Gelmini , H. Gemmeke , P.L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , M. Giller , H. Glass , L.M. Goggin , M.S. Gold , G. Golup , F. Gomez Albarracin , M. Gomez Berisso , Paulo Gonçalves , D. Gonzalez , J.G. Gonzalez , D. Gora , A. Gorgi , P. Gouffon , S.R. Gozzini , E. Grashorn , S. Grebe , M. Grigat , A.F. Grillo , Y. Guardincerri , F. Guarino , G.P. Guedes , J.D. Hague , V. Halenka , P. Hansen , D. Harari , S. Harmsma , J.L. Harton , A. Haungs , T. Hebbeker , D. Heck , A.E. Herve , C. Hojvat , V.C. Holmes , P. Homola , J.R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , M. Hrabovsky , T. Huege , M. Hussain , M. Iarlori , A. Insolia , F. Ionita , A. Italiano , S. Jiraskova , K. Kadija , M. Kaducak , K.H. Kampert , T. Karova , P. Kasper , Balázs Kégl (5) , B. Keilhauer , A. Keivani , J. Kelley , E. Kemp , R.M. Kieckhafer , H.O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , R. Knapik , J. Knapp , D.H. Koang (3) , A. Krieger , O. Krömer , D. Kruppke-Hansen , F. Kuehn , D. Kuempel , K. Kulbartz , N. Kunka , A. Kusenko , G. La Rosa , C. Lachaud (4) , B.L. Lago , Pascal Lautridou (6) , M.S.A.B. Leao , D. Lebrun (3) , P. Lebrun , J. R. Lee , M.A. Leigui de Oliveira , A. Lemiere (7) , A. Letessier-Selvon (2) , I. Lhenry-Yvon , R. Lopez , A. Lopez Agüera , K. Louedec (5) , J. Lozano Bahilo , A. Lucero , M. Ludwig , H. Lyberis , M.C. Maccarone , C. Macolino (2) , S. Maldera , D. Mandat , P. Mantsch , A.G. Mariazzi , V. Marin (6) , I.C. Maris (2) , H.R. Marquez Falcon , G. Marsella , D. Martello , O. Martinez Bravo , H.J. Mathes , J. Matthews , J.A.J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , D. Maurizio , P.O. Mazur , M. Mcewen , G. Medina-Tanco , M. Melissas , D. Melo , E. Menichetti , A. Menshikov , C. Meurer , S. Micanovic , M.I. Micheletti , W. Miller , L. Miramonti , S. Mollerach , M. Monasor , D. Monnier Ragaigne (5) , F. Montanet (3) , B. Morales , C. Morello , E. Moreno , J.C. Moreno , C. Morris , M. Mostafa , S. Mueller , M.A. Muller , R. Mussa , G. Navarra , J.L. Navarro , S. Navas , P. Necesal , L. Nellen , P.T. Nhung , N. Nierstenhoefer , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , L. Nozka , M. Nyklicek , J. Oehlschläger , A. Olinto , P. Oliva , V.M. Olmos-Gilbaja , M. Ortiz , N. Pacheco , D. Pakk Selmi-Dei , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , N. Palmieri , G. Parente , E. Parizot (4) , S. Parlati , A. Parra , J. Parrisius , R.D. Parsons , S. Pastor , T. Paul , V. Pavlidou , K. Payet (3) , M. Pech , J. Pekala , R. Pelayo , I.M. Pepe , L. Perrone , R. Pesce , E. Petermann , S. Petrera , P. Petrinca , A. Petrolini , Y. Petrov , J. Petrovic , C. Pfendner , R. Piegaia , T. Pierog , M. Pimenta , V. Pirronello , M. Platino , V.H. Ponce , M. Pontz , P. Privitera , M. Prouza , E.J. Quel , J. Rautenberg , O. Ravel (6) , D. Ravignani , A. Redondo , Benoît Revenu (6) , F.A.S. Rezende , J. Ridky , S. Riggi , M. Risse , P. Ristori , C. Rivière (3) , V. Rizi , C. Robledo , G. Rodriguez , J. Rodriguez , J. Rodriguez Rojo , I. Rodriguez-Cabo , M.D. Rodriguez-Frias , G. Ros , J. Rosado , T. Rossler , M. Roth , B. Rouillé-d'Orfeuil (4) , E. Roulet , A.C. Rovero , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , G. Salina , F. Sanchez , M. Santander , C.E. Santo , E. Santos , E.M. Santos , F. Sarazin , S. Sarkar , R. Sato , N. Scharf , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , P. Schiffer , A. Schmidt , F. Schmidt , T. Schmidt , O. Scholten , H. Schoorlemmer , J. Schovancova , P. Schovanek , F. Schroeder , S. Schulte , F. Schüssler , D. Schuster , S.J. Sciutto , M. Scuderi , A. Segreto , D.V. Semikoz (8) , M. Settimo , R.C. Shellard , I. Sidelnik , B.B. Siffert , G. Sigl , A. Smia Lkowski , R. Smida , G.R. Snow , P. Sommers , J. Sorokin , H. Spinka , R. Squartini , J. Stasielak , M. Stephan , E. Strazzeri (5) , A. Stutz (3) , F. Suarez , T. Suomijärvi (7) , A.D. Supanitsky , T. Susa , M.S. Sutherland , J. Swain , Z. Szadkowski , A. Tamashiro , A. Tamburro , A. Tapia , T. Tarutina , O. Tascau , R. Tcaciuc , D. Tcherniakhovski , D. Tegolo , N.T. Thao , D. Thomas , J. Tiffenberg , C. Timmermans , W. Tkaczyk , C.J. Todero Peixoto , B. Tomé , A. Tonachini , P. Travnicek , D.B. Tridapalli , G. Tristram (4) , E. Trovato , M. Tueros , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , Martin Urban (5) , J.F. Valdés Galicia , I. Valino , L. Valore , A.M. van den Berg , J.R. Vazquez , R.A. Vazquez , D. Veberic , T. Venters , V. Verzi , M. Videla , L. Villasenor , S. Vorobiov , L. Voyvodic , H. Wahlberg , P. Wahrlich , O. Wainberg , D. Warner , A.A. Watson , S. Westerhoff , B.J. Whelan , G. Wieczorek , L. Wiencke , B. Wilczynska , H. Wilczynski , C. Williams , T. Winchen , M.G. Winnick , B. Wundheiler , T. Yamamoto , P. Younk , G. Yuan , A. Yushkov , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , I. Zaw , A. Zepeda , M. Ziolkowski
J. Abraham
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P. Abreu
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M. Aglietta
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E.J. Ahn
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D. Allard
I. Allekotte
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J. Allen
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J. Alvarez-Muniz
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M. Ambrosio
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Abstract

We describe the measurement of the depth of maximum, Xmax, of the longitudinal development of air showers induced by cosmic rays. Almost four thousand events above 10^18 eV observed by the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory in coincidence with at least one surface detector station are selected for the analysis. The average shower maximum was found to evolve with energy at a rate of (106 +35/-21) g/cm^2/decade below 10^(18.24 +/- 0.05) eV and (24 +/- 3) g/cm^2/decade above this energy. The measured shower-to-shower fluctuations decrease from about 55 to 26 g/cm^2. The interpretation of these results in terms of the cosmic ray mass composition is briefly discussed.

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in2p3-00453172 , version 1 (04-02-2010)

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J. Abraham, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E.J. Ahn, D. Allard, et al.. Measurement of the Depth of Maximum of Extensive Air Showers above 10^18 eV. Physical Review Letters, 2010, 104, pp.091101. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091101⟩. ⟨in2p3-00453172⟩
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