We report a measurement of the proton-air cross-section for particle production at the center-of- mass energy per nucleon of 57 TeV. This is derived from the distribution of the depths of shower maxima observed with the Pierre Auger Observatory: systematic uncertainties are studied in de- tail. Analysing the tail of the distribution of the shower maxima, a proton-air cross-section of 505 ± 22(stat) +28 (sys) mb is found

Measurement of the proton-air cross-section at sqrt(s) = 57 TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory / Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Ahn, E.J., Albuquerque, I.F.M., Allard, D., Allekotte, I., Allen, J., Allison, P., Almeda, A., Alvarez Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muniz, J., Ambrosio, M., Aminaei, A., Anchordoqui, L., Andringa, S., Anticic, T., Aramo, C., Arganda, E., Arqueros, F., Asorey, H., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 109:062002(2012), pp. 062002-1-062002-9. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.062002]

Measurement of the proton-air cross-section at sqrt(s) = 57 TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory

D'Urso, D.;Scherini, V.;
2012-01-01

Abstract

We report a measurement of the proton-air cross-section for particle production at the center-of- mass energy per nucleon of 57 TeV. This is derived from the distribution of the depths of shower maxima observed with the Pierre Auger Observatory: systematic uncertainties are studied in de- tail. Analysing the tail of the distribution of the shower maxima, a proton-air cross-section of 505 ± 22(stat) +28 (sys) mb is found
2012
Measurement of the proton-air cross-section at sqrt(s) = 57 TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory / Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Ahn, E.J., Albuquerque, I.F.M., Allard, D., Allekotte, I., Allen, J., Allison, P., Almeda, A., Alvarez Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muniz, J., Ambrosio, M., Aminaei, A., Anchordoqui, L., Andringa, S., Anticic, T., Aramo, C., Arganda, E., Arqueros, F., Asorey, H., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 109:062002(2012), pp. 062002-1-062002-9. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.062002]
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