A POSSIBILITY FOR THE CALIBRATION OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS FOR THE PRIMARY MASS COMPOSITION INVESTIGATION

Authors
PROCUREUR J STAMENOV JN
Citation
J. Procureur et Jn. Stamenov, A POSSIBILITY FOR THE CALIBRATION OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS FOR THE PRIMARY MASS COMPOSITION INVESTIGATION, Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics, 20(10), 1994, pp. 1665-1675
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09543899
Volume
20
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1665 - 1675
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-3899(1994)20:10<1665:APFTCO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The characteristics of EAS with very small energies 10(4)-10(5) GeV ar e calculated for the observation level 550 g cm-2. A three-dimensional Monte Carlo procedure is used, based on the well tested phenomenologi cal model SMI including nuclei fragmentation. It is shown that the cal culated shower characteristics make it possible to realize a specific EAS experiment for the calibration of direct and indirect (EAS) method s used for mass composition investigation of primary cosmic radiation. A special selection of EAS is proposed which guarantees unbiased esti mation of the relative contributions of the main primary nuclei groups at energies 10(4)-10(5) GeV.