Air showers, hadronic models, and muon production

Abstract

We report on a study about some characteristics of muon production during the development of extended air showers initiated by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. Using simulations with the recent new version of the AIRES air shower simulation system, we analyze and discuss on the observed discrepancies between experimental measurements and simulated data.

arXiv commentPresented at UHECR 2018 (Paris, Oct 2018)

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