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In this work the estimation of the lateral distribution function in Extensive Air showers was performed by using a system for air shower simulations which is called AIRES version 2.6 for different hadronic models like (QGSJET99, SIBYLL and…

General Physics · Physics 2013-09-16 A. Ahmed Al-Rubaiee , Ahmed Jumaah

With the aim to describe the longitudinal development of Cherenkov dominated showers we investigate the energy deposit and the number of charged particles in air showers induced by energetic cosmic rays. Based on the Monte Carlo…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-06 Vladimir Novotny , Dalibor Nosek

We have investigated some features of the density and arrival time distributions of Cherenkov photons in extensive air showers using the CORSIKA simulation package. The main thrust of this study is to see the effect of hadronic interaction…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-23 P. Hazarika , U. D. Goswami , V. R. Chitnis , B. S. Acharya , G. S. Das , B. B. Singh , R. J. Britto

The EAS Cherenkov light array Tunka-133, with $\sim$ 3 km$^2$ geometric area, is taking data since 2009.The array permits a detailed study of energy spectrum and mass composition of cosmic rays in the energy range from $6\cdot 10^{15}$ to…

Experimental data obtained at the Yakutsk array after the modernization in 1993 are analyzed. The characteristics of EAS longitudinal and radial development found from the charged particle flux and EAS Cherenkov light registered at the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. P. Knurenko , A. A. Ivanov , M. I. Pravdin , A. V. Sabourov , I. Ye. Sleptsov

A compact device lifted over the ground surface might be used to observe optical radiation of extensive air showers (EAS). Here we consider spatial and temporal characteristics of Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation ("Cherenkov light") reflected…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 R. A. Antonov , E. A. Bonvech , D. V. Chernov , T. A. Dzhatdoev , V. I. Galkin , D. A. Podgrudkov , T. M. Roganova

A simulation study of the energy released in air due to the development of an extensive air shower has been carried out using the CORSIKA code. The contributions to the energy release from different particle species and energies as well as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus Risse , Dieter Heck

Theoretical predictions for lateral distribution function of electrons in extensive air showers based on scaling formalism are presented. Our results are tested by comparison with AGASA experimental data taking into account the contribution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. I. Raikin , A. A. Lagutin , N. Inoue , A. Misaki

The possibility to use Cherenkov light measurements with Cherenkov telescope to study atmospheric processes is shown. Cherenkov light from extensive air showers is obtained using Monte Carlo simulations with CORSIKA code. Different…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2009-10-12 A. Mishev

The Yakutsk Array is designed to study cosmic rays at energy 10$^{15}$-10$^{20}$ eV. It consists several independent arrays that register charged particles, muons with energy E$\geq$1 GeV, Cherenkov light and radio emission. The paper…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-30 S. P. Knurenko , Z. E. Petrov , I. S. Petrov

The Tunka Radio Extension (Tunka-Rex) is a radio detector at the TAIGA facility located in Siberia nearby the southern tip of Lake Baikal. Tunka-Rex measures air-showers induced by high-energy cosmic rays, in particular, the lateral…

We study the azimuthal distributions of Cherenkov photons in Extensive Air Showers (EASs) initiated by $\gamma$-ray, proton and iron primaries of different energies incident at various zenith angles over a high altitude observation level.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-03 G. S. Das , P. Hazarika , U. D. Goswami

The operation of a wide field-of-view (WFOV) Cherenkov telescope is described. The detection of extensive air showers (EAS) of cosmic rays (CR) is based upon the coincidence with signals from the Yakutsk array. The data acquisition system…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-08 A. A. Ivanov , S. V. Matarkin , L. V. Timofeev

Many proposed and upcoming experiments seek to observe signals from upward going air showers initiated by tau leptons resulting from neutrino interactions inside the Earth. To save calculation time, event estimations for these observation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-04 Austin Cummings , Roberto Aloisio , Mario Bertaina , Francesca Bisconti , Francesco Fenu , Francesco Salamida

We explore the feasibility of estimating primary cosmic ray composition at high energies from the study of two parameters of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) at ground and underground level with Monte Carlo simulations using the new EPOS and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-12 A. Tapia , D. Melo , F. Sánchez , A. Sedoski Croce , J. M. Figueira , B. García , N. González , M. Josebachuili , D. Ravignani , B. Wundheiler , A. Etchegoyen

The project of an EAS Cherenkov array in the Tunka valley/Siberia with an area of about 1 km^2 is presented. The new array will have a ten times bigger area than the existing Tunka-25 array and will permit a detailed study of the cosmic ray…

A wide field-of-view Cherenkov telescope has been working in the surroundings of the Yakutsk array experiment since 2012. Its main function is to measure the waveform of the Cherenkov radiation signal induced by extensive air showers of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-01 A. A. Ivanov , S. V. Matarkin , L. V. Timofeev

The simulation of the extensive air showers was performed by investigating the longitudinal development parameters (N and Xmax) by using AIRES system version 19.04.0. The simulation was performed at the energy range (10^18-10^20 eV) for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-04 Abbas Rahi Raham , A. A. Al-Rubaiee , Majida H. Al-Kubaisy

We present a new method for the reconstruction of the longitudinal profile of extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. In contrast to the typically considered shower size profile, this method employs directly the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 M. Unger , B. R. Dawson , R. Engel , F. Schüssler , R. Ulrich

New results of modeling the operation of the new SPHERE-3 Cherenkov telescope are presented. The telescope will be able to detect cosmic particles by direct and reflected Cherenkov light of the extensive air showers (EAS). Dual detection…