p-air cross-section measurement at 1018.5 eV.

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作者
Belov, K [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Utah, Dept Phys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2005.07.035
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We present the first measurement of p-air inelastic cross-section at 10(18.5) eV using the HiRes stereo fluorescence detector data. A new measurement technique employing de-convolution of the X-max distribution is proposed. Monte Carlo simulations with the CORSIKA air shower generator and QGSJet and SIBYLL2.1 interaction models are discussed.
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页码:197 / 204
页数:8
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