Nuclear Interactions in Super High Energy Region

Bellandi, J.; Brunetto, S. Q.; Chinellato, J.; Dobrigkeit, C.; Ohsawa, A.; Sawayanagi, K.; Shibuya, E. H.

doi:10.1143/ptp.83.58

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“…is often taken as the transform simply because it renders the correct N(E, 0) when substituted into equation (5). Nevertheless, this does not warrant that Ñ(s, 0) of equation ( 27) is the transform of N(E, 0) of equation ( 25) according to equation (4).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hadron fluxes play a very important role in deriving the lepton fluxes at different atmospheric depths, in understanding the emulsion chamber data at mountain altitudes, and also in analysing some exotic events (Halo Events, Centauro Events) detected at Mt Chacaltaya by the Brazil-Japan Emulsion Chamber Collaboration. Due to the complex structure, these integro-differential equations are often solved formally in operator forms either in real space [3] or in integral transform space [4][5][6][7]. However, according to these analytical theories, the calculated fluxes in real space are often evaluated with very limited considerations on interaction mean free paths λ(E), inelasticity coefficients K(E), and energy distribution of secondary hadrons (E, E ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Hadron cascade by the method of characteristics

Tsui

Portella

Navia

et al. 2005

J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys.

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Hadron diffusion equations with energy-dependent interaction mean free paths and inelasticities are solved using the Mellin transform. Instead of using operators on the finite difference terms, the Mellin transformed equations are expanded in a Taylor series to a first-order partial differential equation in atmospheric depth t and in transform parameter s. These equations are then solved by the method of characteristics. The hadron fluxes (nucleon and pion) in real space are evaluated by the method of residues. For the case of a regularized power law primary spectrum, these hadron fluxes are given by simple residues and one, never before mentioned, essential residue. Comparisons of our solutions are made with the nucleon flux measured at sea level and with the hadron fluxes measured at t = 840 g cm−2 and at sea level. The integral hadron flux is also compared with experimental data from the Mt Fuji Collaboration (t = 650 g cm−2). The agreement between all of them is very good in general, better than 90%.

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Section: Boundary Conditionsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Hadron cascade by the method of characteristics

Tsui

Portella

Navia

et al. 2005

J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys.

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“…(11). Some researchers solve equation of this kind formally by operators [27]. Since β is much less than s, we choose to make a Taylor expansion of Ñ (s + β, t) to get a first order differential equation…”

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Faltung formulation of hadron halo event cascade at Mt. Chacaltaya

Tsui,

Portella,

Navia

et al. 2007

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It is shown that the fundamental standard hadron cascade diffusion equation in the Mellin transform space is not rigorously correct because of the inconsistent double energy integral evaluation which generates the function < η s > with its associated parametizations. To ensure an exact basic working equation, the Faltung integral representation is introduced which has the elasticity distribution function u(η) as the only fundamental input function and < η s > is just the Mellin transform of u(η). This Faltung representation eliminates standard phenomenological parameters which serve only to mislead the physics of cascade. The exact flux transform equation is solved by the method of characteristics, and the hadron flux in real space is obtained by the inverse transform in terms of the simple and essential residues. Since the essential residues are given by the singularities in the elasticity distribution and particle production transforms that appear in the exponentials, these functions should not be parametized arbitrarily to avoid introducing non-physical essential residues. This Faltung formulation is applied to the charged hadron integrated energy spectra of halo events detected at Mt. Chacaltaya by the Brazil-Japan Collaboration, where the incoming flux at the atmospheric boundary is a single energetic nucleon.

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The energy dependence of the leading nucleon distribution and the evolution of the nucleonic cosmic ray component in the atmosphere

Brunetto

Mundim

et al. 1991

Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields

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Nuclear Interactions in Super High Energy Region

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Hadron cascade by the method of characteristics

Hadron cascade by the method of characteristics

Faltung formulation of hadron halo event cascade at Mt. Chacaltaya

The energy dependence of the leading nucleon distribution and the evolution of the nucleonic cosmic ray component in the atmosphere

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