ULTRAHIGH-ENERGY PHOTONUCLEAR CROSS-SECTIONS

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GANDHI, R [1 ]
SARCEVIC, I [1 ]
BURROWS, A [1 ]
DURAND, L [1 ]
PI, H [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WISCONSIN, DEPT PHYS, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevD.42.263
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We present results of calculations of the total inelastic photon-air cross sections at ultrahigh energies (up to 108 GeV in the laboratory) of relevance to on-going cosmic-ray experiments. The calculations take into account the high-energy QCD structure of the photon and are performed for a variety of photon and proton structure functions. The total inelastic photon-air cross section is obtained from the photon-proton jet cross section via an eikonalization procedure using a QCD-based diffractive model. The results are discussed in the context of the apparent excess muon content of air showers associated with point sources. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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