A STUDY ON HADRON INTERACTIONS THROUGH OBSERVATION OF COSMIC-RAY FAMILIES OF VISIBLE ENERGY GREATER-THAN 500 TEV IN HIGH-MOUNTAIN EMULSION CHAMBERS

Authors
HASEGAWA S TAMADA M
Citation
S. Hasegawa et M. Tamada, A STUDY ON HADRON INTERACTIONS THROUGH OBSERVATION OF COSMIC-RAY FAMILIES OF VISIBLE ENERGY GREATER-THAN 500 TEV IN HIGH-MOUNTAIN EMULSION CHAMBERS, Nuclear physics. B, 474(1), 1996, pp. 141-182
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
474
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
141 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1996)474:1<141:ASOHIT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The characteristics of hadron interactions are studied with emulsion c hambers exposed at both Mt. Chacaltaya and the Pamirs. The total expos ure is approximate to 1330 m(2) year. Event by event surveys on the sh ower configurations in a single family event were accomplished over th e 75 cosmic-ray families in the highest energy range, i.e., visible en ergy greater than 500 TeV. Extraordinary characteristics of high energ y shower clusters of small spread and the exotic type interactions, Ce ntauro species, are discussed from the cosmic-ray-family phenomenologi cal point of view.