利用望远镜阵列的中鼓探测器和表面阵列以混合模式测量质子-空气截面
高能天体物理现象
2015-09-02 v2 天体物理仪器与方法
高能物理 - 实验
摘要
在这项工作中，我们报告了使用望远镜阵列（TA）探测器对质子-空气非弹性截面 的测量。基于 的测量，还确定了在 TeV 下的质子-质子截面 值。利用望远镜阵列探测超高能宇宙射线事件，使我们能够研究这一基本参数，否则无法通过粒子加速器获取。本报告所使用的数据是由中鼓荧光探测器和表面阵列探测器在五年间观测到的混合事件。发现 的值为 mb。随后根据 Glauber 形式论以及 Block、Halzen 和 Stanev 受 QCD 启发的拟合推断出总质子-质子截面，其值为 mb。
引用
@article{arxiv.1505.01860,
title = {Measurement of the Proton-Air Cross Section with Telescope Array's Middle Drum Detector and Surface Array in Hybrid Mode},
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journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.01860},
year = {2015}
}