Accelerator Data for Cosmic Ray Physics

Abstract

I present selected examples of accelerator data, mainly from hadron colliders, that are relevant for understanding cosmic ray showers. I focus on the forward region, $x_{Feynman}>0.05$, where high energy data are scarce, since the emphasis in collider physics became high-$p_T$ phenomena.

Invited talk presented at XVI International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2010), Batavia, IL, USA (28 June - 2 July 2010). 8 pages, 3 figures