Published 1975 | Version v1
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Temporal and spatial characteristics of the muon component of large air showers

Creators

  • 1. Durham Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics

Description

Detailed information is presented on the spatial and temporal characteristics of muons in large cosmic ray showers. The data have been obtained from computer simulations based upon a simple pionization model for air shower development and they incorporate a realistic treatment of the propagation of the many slow muons through the atmosphere. The relevance of such data to measurements of the primary particle atomic mass number is discussed. (orig.)

Abstract (German)

Es wird eine genaue Information ueber die raeumlichen und zeitlichen Charakteristiken der Myonen in grossen kosmischen Schauern gegeben. Die Daten ergaben sich aus Computersimulationen auf der Grundlage eines einfachen Modells der Schauerentwicklung und sie schliessen eine realistische Behandlung der Ausbreitung vieler langsamer Myonen in der Atmosphaere ein. Es wird die Relevanz solcher Daten fuer die Messung der Massenzahl primaerer Teilchen diskutiert. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
14th international cosmic ray conference. Conference papers. Vol. 8
Imprint Pagination
p. 2851-2856.
Report number
AED-Conf--75-696-000

Conference

Title
14. international cosmic ray conference.
Dates
15 Aug 1975.
Place
Muenchen, F.R. Germany.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
7275441
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; MASS NUMBER; MUONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; SIMULATION; SPACE DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS

Optional Information

Notes
6 figs.; 5 tabs.; 5 refs. Available from ZAED.