http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05855
The Pierre Auger Observatory is the largest extensive air shower detector. Based on a hybrid system, this experiment measures the longitudinal shower development and the particles at the ground. This detection system allows the extraction of the p-air cross-section at energies much higher than the ones accessible by current colliders. It is also possible to test hadronic interaction models using correlations between different air shower observables, like the depth of shower maximum and the muon number at the ground and their fluctuations. Thanks to the low energy extension of the Pierre Auger Observatory, the muon deficit in air shower simulations can be addressed over almost three decades at the highest energies.
Matias Perlin for the Pierre Auger Collaboration
Fri, 13 Aug 21
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Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures. Contribution to the XXVIII International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects (DIS2021), April 12-16, 2021. Submission to SciPost Physics Proceeding
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