Remnant Break-up and Muon Production in Cosmic Ray Air Showers
arXiv:0712.1517 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.056003
Abstract
We discuss the relation between remnant fragmentation in inelastic high-energy hadronic interactions and muon production in extensive cosmic ray air showers. Using a newly developed tool, a simple and flexible hadronic event generator, we analyze the forward region of hadronic interactions. We show that measurements of the Feynman-x distribution in the beam fragmentation region at LHCf will be key to understanding muon production in air showers quantitatively.
6 pages, 6 figures