[go: up one dir, main page]
Skip to main content
We gratefully acknowledge support from the Simons Foundation, member institutions, and all contributors. Donate
arXiv logo
Cornell University Logo

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

arXiv:hep-ph/0407020 (hep-ph)
[Submitted on 2 Jul 2004 (v1), last revised 9 Jul 2004 (this version, v2)]

Title:High Energy Physics in the Atmosphere: Phenomenology of Cosmic Ray Air Showers

Authors:Luis Anchordoqui, Maria Teresa Dova, Analisa Mariazzi, Thomas McCauley, Thomas Paul, Stephen Reucroft, John Swain
View PDF
Abstract: The properties of cosmic rays with energies above 10**6 GeV have to be deduced from the spacetime structure and particle content of the air showers which they initiate. In this review we summarize the phenomenology of these giant air showers. We describe the hadronic interaction models used to extrapolate results from collider data to ultra high energies, and discuss the prospects for insights into forward physics at the LHC. We also describe the main electromagnetic processes that govern the longitudinal shower evolution, as well as the lateral spread of particles. Armed with these two principal shower ingredients and motivation from the underlying physics, we provide an overview of some of the different methods proposed to distinguish primary species. The properties of neutrino interactions and the potential of forthcoming experiments to isolate deeply penetrating showers from baryonic cascades are also discussed. We finally venture into a terra incognita endowed with TeV-scale gravity and explore anomalous neutrino-induced showers.
Comments: Typo in caption of Fig. 8 corrected, references added
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
Report number: NUB-3245/Th-04; La Plata-Th-04-03
Cite as: arXiv:hep-ph/0407020
  (or arXiv:hep-ph/0407020v2 for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/0407020
Journal reference: Ann.Phys.314:145-207,2004
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2004.07.003

Submission history

From: Luis Anchordoqui [view email]
[v1] Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:26:53 UTC (390 KB)
[v2] Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:35:21 UTC (391 KB)
Full-text links:

Access Paper:

  • View PDF
  • TeX Source
  • Other Formats
view license
Current browse context:
hep-ph
< prev   |   next >
new | recent | 2004-07

References & Citations

export BibTeX citation

Bookmark

BibSonomy logo Reddit logo

Bibliographic and Citation Tools

Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?)
Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?)
Litmaps (What is Litmaps?)
scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?)

Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article

alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?)
CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?)
DagsHub (What is DagsHub?)
Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?)
Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?)
Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?)
ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?)

Demos

Replicate (What is Replicate?)
Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?)
TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?)

Recommenders and Search Tools

Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?)
CORE Recommender (What is CORE?)
IArxiv Recommender (What is IArxiv?)

arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators

arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website.

Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them.

Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)