Measurement of the proton-air cross-section with the Pierre Auger Observatory

We present the procedure to measure the proton-air cross-section at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon of 57 TeV developed by the Pierre Auger Collaboration. The conversion from proton-air to inelastic proton-proton cross-section with an extended Glauber calculation is discussed. The systematic unc...

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Main Author: Ulrich Ralf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-06-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135307005