Searching for UHE photons in the EeV range: a two-variable approach exploiting air-shower universality

0548579 - FZÚ 2022 RIV IT eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Savina, P. … Total 3 authors
Searching for UHE photons in the EeV range: a two-variable approach exploiting air-shower universality.
PoS - Proceedings of Science. Vol. 358. Trieste: Sissa Medilab srl, 2019, s. 1-8, č. článku 0414. ISSN 1824-8039.
[36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019). Madison, WI (US), 24.07.2021-01.08.2021]
Research Infrastructure: AUGER-CZ - 90038
Keywords : photon-induced air shower * EeV range
OECD category: Particles and field physics
https://pos.sissa.it/358/414/pdf

The signatures of a photon-induced air shower are a larger atmospheric depth at the shower maximum (Xmax) and a lower number of muons with respect to the bulk of hadron-induced background. Hybrid experiments combining a fluorescence detector (FD) and a ground array of particle detectors (SD) can measure Xmax, energy (E) and the geometry of the shower with high precision. The muonic content is usually estimated through mass-sensitive SD observables that have a complex dependence on the shower geometry, E and Xmax.

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