Extensive air shower simulations at the highest energies
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ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 02 06 41 4 v 1 2 4 Ju n 20 02 Extensive Air Shower Simulations at the Highest Energies
Air shower simulation programs are essential tools for the analysis of data from cosmic ray experiments and for planning the layout of new detectors. They are used to estimate the energy and mass of the primary particle. Unfortunately the model uncertainties translate directly into systematic errors in the energy and mass determination. Aiming at energies > 10 eV, the models have to be extrapol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astroparticle Physics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0927-6505
DOI: 10.1016/s0927-6505(02)00187-1