Model dependence of lateral distribution functions of high energy cosmic ray air showers

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Drescher, HJ [1 ]
Bleicher, M [1 ]
Soff, S [1 ]
Stöcker, H [1 ]
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[1] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Inst Theoret Phys, D-60054 Frankfurt, Germany
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10.1016/j.astropartphys.2003.10.007
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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The influence of high and low energy hadronic models on lateral distribution functions of cosmic ray air showers for Auger energies is explored. A large variety of presently used high and low energy hadron interaction models are analysed and the resulting lateral distribution functions are compared. We show that the slope depends on both the high and low energy hadronic model used. The models are confronted with available hadron-nucleus data from accelerator experiments. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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