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Arganda, E. and Arqueros Martínez, Fernando and Blanco Ramos, Francisco and García Pinto, Diego and Monasor, M. and Ortiz Ramis, Montserrat and Rosado Vélez, Jaime and Vázquez Peñas, José Ramón (2010) Measurement of the depth of maximum of extensive air showers above 10(18) eV. Physical review letters, 104 (9). ISSN 0031-9007
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.091101
Abstract
We describe the measurement of the depth of maximum, X-max, of the longitudinal development of air showers induced by cosmic rays. Almost 4000 events above 10(18) eV observed by the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory in coincidence with at least one surface detector station are selected for the analysis. The average shower maximum was found to evolve with energy at a rate of (106 +/- 35-21) g/cm(2)/decade below 10(18.24) +/- (0.05) eV, and d24 +/- 3 g/cm(2)/ecade above this energy. The measured shower-to-shower fluctuations decrease from about 55 to 26 g/cm(2). The interpretation of these results in terms of the cosmic ray mass composition is briefly discussed.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | © 2010 American Physical Society. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cosmic rays; Fluorescence light; Detector; Reconstruction; Resolution; Spectrum. |
Subjects: | Sciences > Physics > Nuclear physics |
ID Code: | 39336 |
Deposited On: | 11 Oct 2016 17:37 |
Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2018 14:58 |
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