The α parameter is model independent.
Abstract
A bias in analyses of experimental data of EAS observations is the classification by fixed shower sizes. It is well known that showers of such classes originate from primaries with different masses and different primary energies. For the GAMMA experiment (Mt. Aragats 3250 m a.s.l.) the authors have defined an adequate parameter α for a selection along the primary energy. They show that this α parameter is nearly model independent. The result is based on simulations using three different simulation codes, SM1 (Bordeaux, France), GENEAS (P.N. Lebedev, Institute-Moscow, Russia) and CORSIKA (Karlsruhe, Germany) using different fragmentation modes of the hadronic interactions.
- Publication:
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Current Topics of Cosmic Ray Research with EAS Research
- Pub Date:
- 1998
- Bibcode:
- 1998ctcr.conf...69B
- Keywords:
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- Air Showers: Classification;
- Air Showers: Methods of Observation