Proton-air interaction properties at $\sqrt{s}\simeq 100$ TeV from shower-depth measurements with the Pierre Auger Observatory and their connection to the Muon Puzzle

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +347

Hybrid measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory indicate that most high-energy hadronic interaction models underestimate the average depth of the shower maximum, $\langle X_{\m…