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We explore the constant intensity cut method that is widely used for the derivation of the cosmic ray energy spectrum, for comparisons of data obtained at different atmospheric depths, for measuring average shower profiles, and for…

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Gamma-hadron discrimination based on shower observables is essential for identifying gamma-ray astrophysical sources at the highest energies. In this work, we introduce $P^{\alpha, T}_{\rm tail}$, a new discrimination variable for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-13 Ruben Conceição , Pedro J. Costa , Mário Pimenta

Three months of data taken by the Engineering Array Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory have been analyzed with the aim of setting a procedure for the study of showers at E_0 ~ 10^18 eV. We present the results, concerning: (i)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Piera Luisa Ghia

Radio detection of cosmic-ray-induced air showers has come to a flight the last decade. Along with the experimental efforts, several theoretical models were developed. The main radio-emission mechanisms are established to be the geomagnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-05 Krijn D. de Vries , Olaf Scholten , Klaus Werner

The average profiles of cosmic ray shower development as a function of atmospheric depth are measured for the first time with the Fluorescence Detectors at the Pierre Auger Observatory. The profile shapes are well reproduced by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-12 Sofia Andringa

Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov Telescopes (PACT) has been designed to search for celestial TeV $\gamma-$rays using the wavefront sampling technique. PACT, located at Pachmarhi, (latitude 22$^\circ$ 28$^\prime$ N, longitude 76$^\circ$…

We highlight the capacity of current and forthcoming air shower arrays using water-Cherenkov stations to detect neutrino events spanning energies from $10\,$GeV to $100\,$TeV. This detection approach leverages individual stations equipped…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-25 J. Alvarez-Muñiz , R. Conceição , P. J. Costa , B. S. González , M. Pimenta , B. Tomé

We focus on the primary composition of cosmic rays with the highest energies that cause extensive air showers in the Earth's atmosphere. A way of examining the two lowest order moments of the sample distribution of the depth of shower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-08 Dalibor Nosek , Jan Ebr , Jakub Vícha , Petr Trávníček , Jana Nosková

Based on extensive air shower simulations it is shown that the electron distributions with respect to the two angles, determining electron direction at a given shower age, for a fixed electron energy and lateral distance, are universal. It…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-22 Andrzej Smialkowski , Maria Giller

In terms of the quark-gluon string model the analysis of the classic procedure to estimate the energy of giant air showers with help of the parameter s(600) (a density of energy deposition in the scintillator at a distance of 600 m from the…

Radio emissions from extensive air showers (EAS) provide a valuable tool for detecting ultra-high-energy (UHE) astroparticles. In this context, several radio arrays focus on detecting highly inclined EAS, as this enables the observation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-09 Valentin Decoene , Marion Guelfand , Matìas Tueros

The aim of the Yakutsk array enhancement project is to create an instrument to study the highest-energy galactic cosmic rays (CRs) -- their sources, energy spectrum, and mass composition. Additionally, there will be unique capabilities for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-24 A. A. Ivanov , S. P. Knurenko , Z. E. Petrov , M. I. Pravdin , I. Ye. Sleptsov

The electric field of the Cherenkov radio pulse produced by a single charged particle track in a dielectric medium is derived from first principles. An algorithm is developed to obtain the pulse in the time domain for numerical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Jaime Alvarez-Muniz , Andres Romero-Wolf , Enrique Zas

Very inclined extensive air showers (EAS), with both down-going and up-going trajectories, are particularly targeted by the next generation of extended radio arrays, such as GRAND. Methods to reconstruct the incoming direction, core…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Valentin Decoene , Olivier Martineau-Huynh , Matìas Tueros , Simon Chiche

The primary cosmic rays particles with energies above 10**20 eV have been observed at many extensive air shower arrays since the beginning of observations over 40 years ago. The validity of measurements of signal s(600) used as energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-06 L. G. Dedenko , D. A. Podgrudkov , T. M. Roganova , G. F. Fedorova

Uncertainty in physical parameters can make the solution of forward or inverse light scattering problems in astrophysical, biological, and atmospheric sensing applications, cost prohibitive for real-time applications. For example, given a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Akif Khan , Murugesan Venkatapathi

The Yakutsk array observes the Cherenkov light emitted by UHECR in atmosphere. Recently, an autonomous subarray is added consisting of photomultipliers to measure the showers in the knee region. Our aim is to analyze the combined data set…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. A. Ivanov , S. P. Knurenko , I. Ye. Sleptsov

Detection of the mostly geomagnetically generated radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers provides an alternative to air-Cherenkov and air-fluorescence detection, since it is not limited to clear nights. Like these established methods, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-20 Frank G. Schröder

The sensitivity of ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray observatories depends critically on the primary particle identification methods which are used to retain photon-initiated events and suppress the spurious background…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 V. V. Bugaev , A. V. Plyasheshnikov , V. V. Vassiliev , T. C. Weekes