Muon production in extensive air showers and its relation to hadronic interactions
arXiv:astro-ph/0512536 · doi:10.1007/s10582-006-0156-9
Abstract
In this work, the relation between muon production in extensive air showers and features of hadronic multiparticle production at low energies is studied. Using CORSIKA, we determine typical energies and phase space regions of secondary particles which are important for muon production in extensive air showers and confront the results with existing fixed target measurements. Furthermore possibilities to measure relevant quantities of hadron production in existing and planned accelerator experiments are discussed.
arXiv commentTo appear in the proceedings of international conference on interconnection between high energy physics and astroparticle physics "From Colliders to Cosmic Rays" (C2CR 2005), Prague, Czech Republic, 7-13 September 2005
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