Proton Fraction in PCR Mass Composition at Energies of 10^15-10^17 eV (Experiment {\guillemotleft}Pamir{\guillemotright})

Autor: Guseva, Z. M., Kanevskaya, E. A., Kempa, J., Maximenko, V. M., Mukhamedshin, R. A., Pyatovsky, S. E., Puchkov, V. S., Slavatinsky, S. A.
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 31 - August 7, 2003 Tsukuba, Japan
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: The fraction of halo events among gamma-hadron families with SUM(Egamma) > 500 TeV is analyzed. The comparison of experimental data and Monte-Carlo simulations by MC0 code of quark-gluon string model under various assumptions on the PCR mass composition suggests a slowly increasing contribution of nuclei heavier than protons and alpha-particles to PCR mass composition. Effective atomic number of PCR particles changes in the energy interval 10^15-10^17 eV so that lnA grows from 2 to 2.5.
Databáze: arXiv