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Mass‐dependent parameters of extensive air showers with anomalous longitudinal profiles
Author(s) -
Novotný V.,
Nosek D.,
Blažek J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201913597
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , physics , observable , primary (astronomy) , air shower , statistical physics , computational physics , astrophysics , cosmic ray , statistics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
We investigate possibilities to determine the mass of a primary particle from anomalous longitudinal profiles of extensive air showers. Such profiles are predicted utilizing a Monte Carlo technique together with the contemporary high‐energy interaction models. The depth of shower maximum, which is commonly used for the mass composition analyses, is inspected and its performance to discriminate between primary species is studied. We search for alternative observables that have better properties in the case of anomalous profiles.