Nuclei cross sections in Extensive Air Showers
arXiv:hep-ph/9807531
Abstract
Cross sections for proton inelastic collision with different nuclei are described within the Glauber approximation. The significant difference between approximate ``Glauber'' formula and exact calculations with geometrical scaling assumption is shown for very high energy cross section calculations. According to obtained results values of proton-proton cross section reported by the Akeno and Fly's Eye experimental groups are about 10 % overestimated.
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