Inelastic cross-section for p-air collisions from air shower experiment and total cross-section for p p collisions at SSC energy
Sep, 1992
11 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.Lett. 70 (1993) 525-528
Report number:
- ICRR-279-92-17
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Abstract: (APS)
Based on an analysis of the extensive air shower data accumulated over the last ten years at Akeno Cosmic Ray Observatory, the value of the proton-air nuclei inelastic cross section (σinp−air) has been determined assuming the validity of quasi-Feynman scaling of particle production in the fragmentation region. The energy dependence of σinp−air can be represented as 290(E/1 TeV)0.052 mb in the energy interval 1016.2–1017.6 eV, where E is the incident proton energy. The total p-p cross section (σtotp−p), derived using the nuclear distribution function obtained from the shell model, increases with energy as 38.5+1.37 ln2(√s /10 GeV) mb.- p p: interaction
- interaction: p p
- p nucleus: inelastic scattering
- inelastic scattering: p nucleus
- showers: air
- cross section: energy dependence
- scaling
- experimental results
- < 24000 GeV-cms
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