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A halo event created at 200 m above the Chacaltaya emulsion chamber

Authors :
Amato, N. M
Arata, N
Maldonado, R. H. C
Source :
19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf - Vol. 6
Publication Year :
1985
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1985.

Abstract

The results of analysis on a cosmic-ray induced nuclear event with the total visible energy approx. = 1300 TeV which is characterized by the central (halo) part of a strong energy concentration and the outer part of a large lateral spread are presented. The event (named as P06) was detected in the 18th two-storied emulsion chamber exposed at Chacaltaya by Brasil-Japan Collaboration. As the nuclear emulsion plates were inserted at every layer of the concerned blocks in the upper and the lower chambers together with RR- and N-type X-ray films, it is possible to study the details of the event. Some results on P06 have already been reported 1 based on the general measurement of opacity on N-type X-ray films: (1) the total energy of halo is approx. = 1000 TeV; (2) the shower transition reaches its maximum at approx. 16 cu; and (3) the radius of halo is 6.5 mm (at the level of 10 to the 6th power electrons/sq.cm.). The results in more details will be described.

Subjects

Subjects :
Space Radiation

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Journal :
19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf - Vol. 6
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19850027620
Document Type :
Report