The Cosmic Ray Mass Composition in the Energy Range measured with the Tunka Array: Results and Perspectives

Authors :: V.V. Prosin
N.M. Budnev
O.A. Chvalaiev
O.A. Gress
N.N. Kalmykov
V.A. Kozhin
E.E. Korosteleva
L.A. Kuzmichev
B.K. Lubsandorzhiev
R.R. Mirgazov
G. Navarra
M.I. Panasyuk
L.V. Pankov
V.S. Ptuskin
Yu.A. Semeney
B.A. Shaibonov
A.A. Silaev
A.V. Skurikhin
C. Spiering
R. Wischnewski
I.V. Yashin
A.V. Zablotsky
A.V. Zagorodnikov
Source :: Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 190:247-252
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2009.
Abstract: The final analysis of the Extensive Air Shower (EAS) maximum ( X m a x ) depth distribution derived from the data of Tunka-25 atmospheric Cherenkov light array in the energy range 3 ⋅ 10 15 – 3 ⋅ 10 16 eV is presented. The perspectives of X m a x studies with the new Cherenkov light array Tunka-133 of 1 km 2 area, extending the measurements up to 10 18 eV, are discussed.

Subjects :: Nuclear physics
Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Range (particle radiation)
Air shower
Cosmic ray
Mass composition
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Cherenkov radiation
Energy (signal processing)

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