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Electron Showers of High Primary Energy in Lead
Phys. Rev. D 5, 2677 – Published 1 June, 1972
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.5.2677
Abstract
The development of electron cascade showers in a lead-scintillator sandwich of 8 plastic scintillators in about 20 radiation lengths of lead has been investigated. This detector, which was used for cosmic-ray studies, has been calibrated with electrons with energies from 2 to 15 GeV at SLAC. Measured shower profiles are presented, and expressions are given which allow an extrapolation of the measured data up to energies around 1000 GeV. The results are compared with analytical shower theories and Monte Carlo calculations.
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