Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2005-03-22
Phys.Rev.D71:072002,2005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
8 pages, 9 figures; accepted for publication by Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.072002
The geometric distribution of high-energy hadrons >100 GeV in shower cores measured with the KASCADE calorimeter is analyzed. The data are checked for sensitivity to hadronic interaction features and indications of new physics as discussed in the literature. The angular correlation of the most energetic hadrons and in particular the fraction of events with hadrons being aligned are quantified by means of the commonly used parameter lambda_4. The analysis shows that the observed lambda_4 distribution is compatible with that predicted by simulations and is not linked to an angular correlation from hadronic jet production at high energy. Another parameter, d_4^max, describing distances between hadrons measured in the detector, is found to be sensitive both to the transverse momenta in secondary hadron production and the primary particle type. Transverse momenta in high-energy hadron interactions differing by a factor two or more from what is assumed in the standard simulations are disfavoured by the measured d_4^max distribution.
Antoni T.
KASCADE Collaboration
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