Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984phrvl..52.1380b&link_type=abstract
Physical Review Letters (ISSN 0031-9007), vol. 52, April 16, 1984, p. 1380-1383. NSF-supported research.
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Cosmic Ray Showers, Proton Scattering, Scattering Cross Sections, Energy Distribution, Error Analysis, Inelastic Scattering, Total Cross Sections, Cosmic-Ray Interactions
Scientific paper
Observations of extensive air showers in the atmosphere obtained with the fly's-eye detector at the University of Utah by the atmospheric-fluorescence technique are used to determine the proton-air inelastic cross section (PAICS) at (sq rt s) = 30 TeV. The data-cutting and analysis procedures are described in detail and illustrated graphically. The distribution of shower maxima as a function of atmospheric depth is found to exhibit an exponential tail of slope 72 + or - 9 g/sq cm, corresponding to PAICS = 530 + or - 66 mb. A proton-proton total cross section (PPTCS) of 120 + or -15 mb is then obtained, using the theoretical model of Glauber and Matthias (1970) and a Gaussian nucleus distribution and assuming that the nuclear slope parameter is proportional to PPTCS.
Baltrusaitis Rose Mary
Cassiday G. L.
Elbert Jerome W.
Gerhardy P. R.
Ko Steve
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