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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Direct measurement of the muonic content of extensive air showers between 2×10¹⁷ and 2×10¹⁸ eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory |
Other Titles: | Direct measurement of the muonic content of extensive air showers between 2x10(17) and 2x10(18) eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory |
Author: | Aab, A. Abreu, P. Aglietta, M. Albury, J.M. Allekotte, I. Almela, A. Alvarez Castillo, J. Alvarez-Muñiz, J. Anastasi, G.A. Anchordoqui, L. Andrada, B. Andringa, S. Aramo, C. Araújo Ferreira, P.R. Asorey, H. Assis, P. Avila, G. Badescu, A.M. Bakalova, A. Balaceanu, A. et al. |
Citation: | European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2020; 80(8):1-19 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
ISSN: | 1434-6044 1434-6052 |
Statement of Responsibility: | A. Aab, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, J. M. Albury, I. Allekotte, A.Almela ... et al.(The Pierre Auger Collaboration) |
Abstract: | The hybrid design of the Pierre Auger Observatory allows for the measurement of the properties of extensive air showers initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays with unprecedented precision. By using an array of prototype underground muon detectors, we have performed the first direct measurement, by the Auger Collaboration, of the muon content of air showers between 2×1017 and 2×1018 eV. We have studied the energy evolution of the attenuation-corrected muon density, and compared it to predictions from air shower simulations. The observed densities are found to be larger than those predicted by models. We quantify this discrepancy by combining the measurements from the muon detector with those from the Auger fluorescence detector at 1017.5eV and 1018eV. We find that, for the models to explain the data, an increase in the muon density of 38% ±4%(12%) ±21%18% for EPOS-LHC, and of 50%(53%) ±4%(13%) ±23%20% for QGSJETII-04, is respectively needed |
Rights: | © 2020 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration. |
DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8055-y |
Grant ID: | MSMTCRLTT18004 LO1305 LM2015038 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8055-y |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Physics publications |
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