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No muon excess in extensive air showers at 100–500 PeV primary energy: EAS–MSU results

Sep 19, 2016

6 pages

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Astropart.Phys. 92 (2017) 1-6

Published: Jun, 2017

e-Print:

1609.05764 [astro-ph.HE]

DOI:

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.04.001

Report number:

INR-TH-2016-035

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

Some discrepancies have been reported between observed and simulated muon content of extensive air showers: the number of observed muons exceeded the expectations in HiRes-MIA, Yakutsk and Pierre Auger Observatory data. Here, we analyze the data of the Moscow State University Extensive Air Shower (EAS–MSU) array on E μ ≳ 10 GeV muons in showers caused by ∼(1017−1018) eV primary particles and demonstrate that they agree with simulations (QGSJET-II-04 hadronic interaction model) once the primary composition inferred from the surface-detector data is assumed.

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10 pages, 6 figures, elsart.sty. V2: extended discussion of systematic errors, numerous clarifications (results unchanged). V3: minor changes, version accepted by Astroparticle Physics

Extensive air showers
Muon data
Hadronic interaction models
showers: atmosphere
interaction: model
detector: surface
muon
air
Monte Carlo
numerical calculations

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