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Possibility of simultaneous observation of nucleus fragment and γ-ray family in the stratosphere

Yasuo Niihori and Toru Shibata

Inacio M. Martin, Edison H. Shibuya, and Armando Turtelli, Jr.

  • Department of Physics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

  • Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil

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Phys. Rev. D 36, 783 – Published 1 August, 1987

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.783

Abstract

We propose simultaneous observation of surviving fragment nuclei (α,Li,. . .) and the γ-ray family (γ,e,N,π±,. . .) produced by the collision of an ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray nucleus (1014–1016 eV/nucleus) with an air target in the stratosphere (∼10 g/cm2). We support the proposal with extensive Monte Carlo calculations, which are also relevant to analysis of other atmospheric cascade experiments.

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Phys. Rev. D 36, 783– Published 1 August, 1987
  • Received 15 January 1987

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