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Precise determination of muon shower content from shower universality property

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2009-10-26 v1

Abstract

It is shown, that highly accurate estimation of muon shower content can be performed on the basis of knowledge of only vertical depth of shower maximum and total signal in ground detector. The estimate is almost independent on primary energy and particle type and on zenith angle. The study is performed for 21500 showers, generated with CORSIKA~6.204 from spectrum E1E^{-1} in the energy range log10(E)\log10(E) [eV]=18.5--20 and uniformly in cos2θ\cos^2{\theta} in zenith angle interval θ=065\theta=0^\circ-65^\circ for QGSJET II/Fluka interaction models.

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@article{arxiv.0910.4542,
  title  = {Precise determination of muon shower content from shower universality property},
  author = {A. Yushkov and M. Ambrosio and C. Aramo and F. Guarino and D. D'Urso and L. Valore},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.4542},
  year   = {2009}
}