1998/09/30 by A. N. Cillis, A. Cillis, H. Fanchiotti +4 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Computational physics #Dielectric #Energy (signal processing) #Engineering physics #High energy #Nuclear physics #Observable #Particle (ecology) #Physics #Precipitation Measurement and Analysis #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Radio Wave Propagation Studies #Statistical physics #astro-ph #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.59.113012
published as Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 113012 · 18 pages, 13 figures, 1 table. To appear in Phys. Rev. D
arxiv created 1999/03/04 · openalex publication_date 1999/05/10 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
An analysis of the influence of the Landau-Migdal-Pomeranchuk (LPM) effect on the development of air showers initiated by astroparticles is presented. The theory of Migdal is studied and compared with other theoretical methods, particularly the Blankenbecler-Drell approach. By means of realistic computer simulations and using algorithms that emulate Migdal's theory, including also the so-called dielectric suppression, we study the behavior of the relevant observables in the case of ultrahigh energy primaries. We find that the LPM effect can significantly modify the development of high energy electromagnetic showers in certain cases.