Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-03-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 4 figures. Invited paper presented at the XXX Int. Symp. Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD 2000) 9-15 Oct. 2000, Tihany, H
Scientific paper
When high-energy cosmic rays (gamma's, protons, or heavy nuclei) impinge onto the Earth's atmosphere, they interact at high altitude with the air nuclei as targets. By repeated interaction of the secondaries an `extensive air shower' (EAS) is generated with huge particle numbers in the maximum of the shower development. Such cascades are quantitatively simulated by the Monte Carlo computer program CORSIKA. The most important uncertainties in simulations arise from modeling of high-energy hadronic interactions: a) The inelastic hadron-air cross sections. b) The energies occurring in EAS may extend far above the energies available in man-made accelerators, and when extrapolating towards higher energies one has to rely on theoretical guidelines. c) In collider experiments which are used to adjust the interaction models the very forward particles are not accessible, but just those particles carry most of the hadronic energy, and in the EAS development they transport a large energy fraction down into the atmosphere. CORSIKA is coupled alternatively with 6 high-energy hadronic interaction codes (DPMJET, HDPM, neXus, QGSJET, SIBYLL, VENUS). The influence of those interaction models on observables of simulated EAS is discussed.
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