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| Type: | Journal article |
| Title: | Measurement of the proton-air cross section at √s=57 TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory |
| Other Titles: | Measurement of the proton-air cross section at root s=57 TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory |
| Author: | Barber, K. Bellido Caceres, J. Clay, R. Cooper, M. Dawson, B. Harrison, T. Herve, A. Holmes, V. Sorokin, J. Wahrlich, P. Whelan, B. Winnick, M. |
| Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 2012; 109(6):1-9 |
| Publisher: | American Physical Soc |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
| Statement of Responsibility: | K. B Barber.... J.A. Bellido.... R.W. Clay.... M.J. Cooper.... B.R. Dawson.... T.A. Harrison.... A.E. Herve.... V.C. Holmes.... J. Sorokin.... P. Wahrlich.... B.J. Whelan.... M. G. Winnick... et al.(The Pierre Auger Collaboration) |
| Abstract: | We report a measurement of the proton-air cross section for particle production at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon of 57 TeV. This is derived from the distribution of the depths of shower maxima observed with the Pierre Auger Observatory: systematic uncertainties are studied in detail. Analyzing the tail of the distribution of the shower maxima, a proton-air cross section of [505±22(stat)₋₃₆⁺²⁸(syst)] mb is found. |
| Keywords: | Pierre Auger Collaboration |
| Rights: | ©2012 American Physical Society |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.062002 |
| Grant ID: | ARC |
| Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.109.062002 |
| Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest IPAS publications Physics publications |
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