| dc.creator | García Canal, Carlos Alberto | |
| dc.creator | Illana, J. I. | |
| dc.creator | Masip, M. | |
| dc.creator | Sciutto, Sergio Juan | |
| dc.date | 2016 | |
| dc.date | 2020-09-18T16:50:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-14T22:09:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-14T22:09:27Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104964 | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092765051630144X | |
| dc.identifier | issn:0927-6505 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7445826 | |
| dc.description | We find that the ratio r<sub>μe</sub> of the muon to the electromagnetic component of an extended air shower at the ground level provides an indirect measure of the depth X<sub>max</sub> of the shower maximum. This result, obtained with the air-shower code AIRES, is independent of the hadronic model used in the simulation. We show that the value of r<sub>μe</sub> in a particular shower discriminates its proton or iron nature with a 98% efficiency. We also show that the eventual production of forward heavy quarks inside the shower may introduce anomalous values of r<sub>μe</sub> in isolated events. | |
| dc.description | Facultad de Ciencias Exactas | |
| dc.description | Instituto de Física La Plata | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.format | 50-53 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) | |
| dc.subject | Ciencias Exactas | |
| dc.subject | Física | |
| dc.subject | extensive air shower | |
| dc.subject | cosmic-ray composition | |
| dc.subject | forward charm | |
| dc.title | A new observable in extensive air showers | |
| dc.type | Articulo | |
| dc.type | Articulo | |
