Photoproduction models for total cross section and shower development

2014/11/19 by Fernando Cornet, Carlos Garcia Canal, Cornet, Fernando +7
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #astro-ph.HE #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1411.5158

5 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Proceedings of ISVHCRI 2014

arxiv created 2014/11/19 · arxiv updated 2014/12/05

Abstract

A model for the total photoproduction cross section based on the ansatz that resummation of infrared gluons limits the rise induced by QCD minijets in all the total cross-sections, is used to simulate extended air showers initiated by cosmic rays with the AIRES simulation program. The impact on common shower observables, especially those related with muon production, is analysed and compared with the corresponding results obtained with previous photoproduction models.

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