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Title:Composition at the “ankle” measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory: pure or mixed?
Authors:ID Yushkov, Alexey (Author)
ID Filipčič, Andrej (Author)
ID Kukec Mezek, Gašper (Author)
ID Saleh, Ahmed (Author)
ID Stanič, Samo (Author)
ID Trini, Marta (Author)
ID Veberič, Darko (Author)
ID Vorobiov, Serguei (Author)
ID Yang, Lili (Author)
ID Zavrtanik, Danilo (Author)
ID Zavrtanik, Marko (Author), et al.
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Language:English
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Typology:1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization:UNG - University of Nova Gorica
Abstract:We report for the first time on the measurement of the correlation between the depth of shower maximum and the signal in water-Cherenkov stations for events reconstructed by both the fluorescence and the surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Such a correlated measurement is a unique feature of a hybrid air-shower observatory and allows us to determine the purity of the cosmic-ray composition. The observed correlation in the energy range around the “ankle” lg(E/eV) = 18.5−19.0 differs significantly from the expectations for pure beams, indicating that the primary composition in this range is mixed, unless the hadronic interactions at these energies behave very differently than in conventional, LHC-tuned event generators.
Keywords:ultra-high energy cosmic rays, elemental composition, depth of shower maximum, secondary cosmic rays, Pierre Auger Observatory
Publication status:Published
Year of publishing:2015
PID:20.500.12556/RUNG-2136 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:4151035 New window
NUK URN:URN:SI:UNG:REP:517GG144
Publication date in RUNG:02.03.2016
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YUSHKOV, Alexey, FILIPČIČ, Andrej, KUKEC MEZEK, Gašper, SALEH, Ahmed, STANIČ, Samo, TRINI, Marta, VEBERIČ, Darko, VOROBIOV, Serguei, YANG, Lili, ZAVRTANIK, Danilo and ZAVRTANIK, Marko, 2015, Composition at the “ankle” measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory: pure or mixed? In : The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference [online]. Published Scientific Conference Contribution. 2015. [Accessed 7 April 2025]. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.ung.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=2136
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Title:The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference : ICRC 2015 (The Hague, Netherlands)
Publisher:PoS, http://pos.sissa.it/
Year of publishing:2015
Collection title:Proceedings of ICRC 2015

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