Muon Charge Ratio of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays
arXiv:0808.2582 · doi:10.1142/S0217732308027813
Abstract
The muon charge ratio of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays may provide information to detect the composition of the primary cosmic rays. We propose to extract the charge information of high energy muons in very inclined extensive air showers by analyzing their relative lateral positions in the shower transverse plane.
arXiv comment4 latex pages, Invited talk at 2007 International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA2007), November 13-15, 2007, Taipei
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