3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
Mexico/General timezone
- icrc2007@icrc2007.unam.mx
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Contribution Poster
Speakers
- Dr. Jan RIDKY
Primary authors
- Dr. Jan RIDKY (Institute of Physics Prague)
- Dr. Dalibor NOSEK (Charles University Prague)
Co-authors
- Dr. Petr TRAVNICEK (Institute of Physics Prague)
- Mr. Petr NECESAL (Institute of Physics Prague)
Abstract content
We present results of simulations of muon content in the air showers induced by very high energy cosmic rays. Muon energy distributions and muon densities at ground level are given. We discuss a prompt muon component generated by decays of charmed mesons. The method combines standard Monte Carlo generators incorporated in the CORSIKA code and phenomenological estimates of charm hadroproduction.
Reference
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 4 (HE part 1), pages 605-608