Investigation of EAS cores

The development of nuclear-electromagnetic cascade models in air in the late forties have shown informational content of the study of cores of extensive air showers (EAS). These investigations were the main goal in different experiments which were carried out over many years by a variety of methods....

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Published in:	EPJ Web of conferences Vol. 145; p. 17001
Main Authors:	Shaulov, S.B., Beyl, P.F., Beysembaev, R.U., Beysembaeva, E.A., Bezshapov, S.P., Borisov, A.S., Cherdyntceva, K.V., Chernyavsky, M.M., Chubenko, A.P., Dalkarov, O.D., Denisova, V.G., Erlykin, A.D., Kabanova, N.V., Kanevskaya, E.A., Kotelnikov, K.A., Morozov, A.E., Mukhamedshin, R.A., Nam, R.A., Nesterova, N.M., Nikolskaya, N.M., Pavluchenko, V.P., Piskal, V.V., Puchkov, V.S., Pyatovsky, S.E., Ryabov, V.A., Sadykov, T.Kh, Schepetov, A.L., Smirnova, M.D., Stepanov, A.V., Uryson, A.V., Vavilov, Yu.N., Vildanov, N.G., Vildanova, L.I., Zayarnaya, I.S., Zhanceitova, J.K., Zhukov, V.V.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	EDP Sciences 2017
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Summary:	The development of nuclear-electromagnetic cascade models in air in the late forties have shown informational content of the study of cores of extensive air showers (EAS). These investigations were the main goal in different experiments which were carried out over many years by a variety of methods. Outcomes of such investigations obtained in the HADRON experiment using an X-ray emulsion chamber (XREC) as a core detector are considered. The Ne spectrum of EAS associated with γ-ray families, spectra of γ-rays (hadrons) in EAS cores and the Ne dependence of the muon number, ⟨Nμ⟩, in EAS with γ-ray families are obtained for the first time at energies of 1015–1017 eV with this method. A number of new effects were observed, namely, an abnormal scaling violation in hadron spectra which are fundamentally different from model predictions, an excess of muon number in EAS associated with γ-ray families, and the penetrating component in EAS cores. It is supposed that the abnormal behavior of γ-ray spectra and Ne dependence of the muon number are explained by the emergence of a penetrating component in the 1st PCR spectrum ‘knee’ range. Nuclear and astrophysical explanations of the origin of the penetrating component are discussed. The necessity of considering the contribution of a single close cosmic-ray source to explain the PCR spectrum in the knee range is noted.
ISSN:	2100-014X 2100-014X
DOI:	10.1051/epjconf/201714517001