Contribution Poster

6/7/2007 19:45 - 14:45

Merida, Mexico - Regency (Hyatt)

HE.1.6

Posters 2 + Coffee

Prompt Muons in Extended Air Showers

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)

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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