Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-01-22
J.Phys.G33:565-576,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
12 pages, 4 figures, accepted by J.Phys.G: Nucl.Part.Phys
Scientific paper
10.1088/0954-3899/34/3/014
Simulations show that neutrons are the most abundant component among extensive air shower hadrons. However, multiple neutrons which appear with long delays in neutron monitors nearby the EAS core ('neutron thunder') are mostly not the neutrons of the shower, but have a secondary origin. The bulk of them is produced by high energy EAS hadrons hitting the monitors. The delays are due to the termalization and diffusion of neutrons in the moderator and reflector of the monitor accompanied by the production of secondary gamma-quanta. This conclusion raises the important problem of the interaction of EAS with the ground, the stuff of the detectors and their environment since they have often hydrogen containing materials like polyethilene in neutron monitors. Such interaction can give an additional contribution to the signal in the EAS detectors. It can be particularly important for the signals from scintillator or water tank detectors at km-long distances from the EAS core where neutrons of the shower become the dominant component after a few mcsec behind the EAS front.
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