Calculation of the TeV prompt muon component in very high energy cosmic ray showers

被引:19
作者
Battistoni, G
Bloise, C
Forti, C
Greco, M
Ranft, J
Tanzini, A
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,NAZL FRASCATI LAB,I-00044 FRASCATI,ITALY
[2] UNIV ROME 3,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,ROME,ITALY
[3] LAPP,ANNECY LE VIEUX,FRANCE
[4] UNIV ROMA TOR VERGATA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-00173 ROME,ITALY
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0927-6505(95)00050-X
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
HEMAS-DPM is a Monte Carlo for the simulation of very high energy cosmic ray showers, which includes the DPMJET-II code based on the two component Dual Parton Model. DPMJET-II provides also charm production in agreement with data and, for p(perpendicular to) exceeding 5 GeV/c, with perturbative QCD results in proton-proton interactions. In this respect, a new scheme has been considered for the inclusive production of D mesons at large p(perpendicular to) in hadronic collisions in the framework of perturbative fragmentation functions, allowing an analysis at the Next to Leading Order (NLO) level which goes beyond the fixed O(alpha(s)(3)) perturbative theory of open charm production. We have applied HEMAS-DPM to the calculation of the prompt muon component for E(mu) greater than or equal to 1 TeV in air showers considering the two extreme cases of primary protons and Fe nuclei.
引用
收藏
页码:351 / 363
页数:13
相关论文
共 38 条
[1]   NUCLEAR-DEPENDENCE OF CHARM PRODUCTION BY A 340 GEV PI-BEAM [J].
ADAMOVICH, M ;
ALEXANDROV, Y ;
ANTINORI, F ;
BARBERIS, D ;
BEUSCH, W ;
BUYS, A ;
DAMERI, M ;
DAVENPORT, M ;
DUFEY, JP ;
FORINO, A ;
FRENCH, BR ;
GERASIMOV, S ;
GESSAROLI, R ;
GRARD, F ;
HURST, R ;
JACHOLKOWSKI, A ;
KIRK, A ;
LASSALLE, JC ;
LEGROS, P ;
MAZZANTI, P ;
MERONI, C ;
MULLER, F ;
OSCULATI, B ;
QUARENI, A ;
REDAELLI, N ;
ROSSI, L ;
TOMASINI, G ;
TORRETTA, D ;
VIAGGI, F ;
ZAVERTYAEV, M .
PHYSICS LETTERS B, 1992, 284 (3-4) :453-456
[2]  
AGUILARBENITEZ M, 1988, Z PHYS C PART FIELDS, V40, P321, DOI 10.1007/BF01548848
[3]   ATOMIC MASS DEPENDENCE OF D(+/-) AND D(0),(D)OVER-BAR(0) PRODUCTION IN 250 GEV PI(+/-)-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS [J].
ALVES, GA ;
AMATO, S ;
ANJOS, JC ;
APPEL, JA ;
BRACKER, SB ;
CREMALDI, LM ;
DARLING, CL ;
DIXON, RL ;
ERREDE, D ;
FENKER, HC ;
GAY, C ;
GREEN, DR ;
JEDICKE, R ;
KAPLAN, D ;
KARCHIN, PE ;
KWAN, S ;
LEEDOM, I ;
LUEKING, LH ;
LUSTE, GJ ;
MANTSCH, PM ;
NETO, JRTD ;
METHENY, J ;
MILBURN, RH ;
DEMIRANDA, JM ;
FILHO, HD ;
NAPIER, A ;
RAFATIAN, A ;
DOSREIS, AC ;
REUCROFT, S ;
ROSS, WR ;
SANTORO, FS ;
SHEAFF, M ;
SOUZA, MHG ;
SPALDING, WJ ;
STOUGHTON, C ;
STREETMAN, ME ;
SUMMERS, DJ ;
TAKACH, SF ;
WU, Z .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1993, 70 (06) :722-725
[4]   D-MESON PRODUCTION IN 800-GEV/C PP INTERACTIONS [J].
AMMAR, R ;
BALL, RC ;
BANERJEE, S ;
BHAT, PC ;
BOSETTI, P ;
BROMBERG, C ;
CANOUGH, GE ;
COFFIN, T ;
DERSHEM, TO ;
DIXON, RL ;
FENKER, HC ;
GANGULI, SN ;
GENSCH, U ;
GIRTLER, P ;
GOSHAW, AT ;
GRARD, F ;
GURTU, A ;
HAMILTON, C ;
HENRI, VP ;
HERNANDEZ, JJ ;
HRUBEC, J ;
IORI, M ;
JONES, LW ;
KUHN, D ;
KNAUSS, D ;
LEEDOM, ID ;
LEGROS, P ;
LEMONNE, J ;
LEUTZ, H ;
LIU, X ;
MALHOTRA, PK ;
MARRAFFINO, JM ;
MENDEZ, GE ;
MILLER, R ;
NAUMANN, T ;
NGUYEN, A ;
NOWAK, H ;
PILETTE, P ;
POIRIER, J ;
POPPLETON, A ;
RAGHAVAN, R ;
RASNER, K ;
REUCROFT, S ;
ROBERTSON, WJ ;
ROE, BP ;
ROTH, A ;
SENKO, M ;
STRUCZINSKI, W ;
SUBRAMANIAN, A ;
TOUBOUL, MC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 61 (19) :2185-2188
[5]  
Andreev Yu.M., 1987, P 20 INT COSM RAY C, V6, P200
[6]   STRANGE AND HEAVY QUARKS IN SOFT PROCESSES AT HIGH-ENERGIES - TOTAL CROSS-SECTIONS AND INCLUSIVE PRODUCTION [J].
ANISOVICH, VV ;
HUBER, MG ;
KOBRINSKY, MN ;
METSCH, BC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1990, 42 (09) :3045-3051
[7]   HEAVY QUARK PRODUCTION IN SOFT P(P)OVER-BAR COLLISIONS AT SUPERHIGH ENERGIES [J].
ANISOVICH, VV ;
METSCH, BC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1992, 46 (07) :3195-3196
[8]   MULTIPARTICLE PRODUCTION IN A 2-COMPONENT DUAL PARTON MODEL [J].
AURENCHE, P ;
BOPP, FW ;
CAPELLA, A ;
KWIECINSKI, J ;
MAIRE, M ;
RANFT, J ;
VAN, JTT .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1992, 45 (01) :92-105
[9]   QCD CORRECTIONS TO PARTON PARTON SCATTERING PROCESSES [J].
AVERSA, F ;
CHIAPPETTA, P ;
GRECO, M ;
GUILLET, JP .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1989, 327 (01) :105-143
[10]   STUDY OF THE HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC-RAY CASCADES USING THE DUAL PARTON MODEL [J].
BATTISTONI, G ;
FORTI, C ;
RANFT, J .
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 1995, 3 (02) :157-184