A comparative analysis of the secondary particles output of the main hadronic interaction packages used in simulations of extensive air showers is presented. Special attention is given to the study of events with very energetic leading secondary particles, including diffractive interactions.
@article{arxiv.0903.2409,
title = {Testing hadronic interaction packages at cosmic ray energies},
author = {C. A. Garcia Canal and S. J. Sciutto and T. Tarutina},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.2409},
year = {2009}
}