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On geometrical interpretation of alignment phenomenon

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-05-02 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The observed alignment of spots in the x-ray films in cosmic ray emulsion experiments is analyzed and interpreted in the framework of geometrical approach. It is shown that the high degree of alignment can appear partly due to the selection procedure of most energetic particles itself and the threshold on the energy deposition together with the transverse momentum conservation.

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@article{arxiv.2301.07975,
  title  = {On geometrical interpretation of alignment phenomenon},
  author = {I. P. Lokhtin and A. V. Nikolskii and A. M. Snigirev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.07975},
  year   = {2023}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures, the additional investigations done for the different types of region symmetry. Version accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. C

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