Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997phrvd..56.3833h&link_type=abstract
Physical Review D (Particles and Fields), Volume 56, Issue 7, 1 October 1997, pp.3833-3843
Physics
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Scientific paper
In order to know the relative proportion of electrons, photons, and muons far from the cores of giant air showers, a detector with two scintillators sandwiching a lead plate of 1 cm thickness (leadburger) has been built and placed at one corner of the Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (AGASA). Results obtained from data collected over an 18-month run are reported here. Lateral distributions and arrival time distributions of electrons, photons, and muons at around 1000 m-2500 m from the core for showers of energies larger than 1018.0 eV have been determined. Our observations show that muons may be separated from electromagnetic components far from the shower core with a lead layer of 1 cm thickness, as suggested from Monte Carlo simulations using the MOCCA program. These studies show the MOCCA program to be a powerful simulation tool for further development of the detector design for the Pierre Auger project.
Hashimoto Katsumi
Honda Katsuya
Kawasumi Norio
Kutter Thomas
Nagano Motohiko
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