Abstract:
Lateral distribution functions of particles in extensive air showers with the energy E0≈1019 eV recorded by ground-based and underground scintillation detectors with a threshold of Eμ≈1.0×secθ GeV at the Yakutsk array during the continuous observations from 1986 to 2016 have been analyzed using events with zenith angles θ⩽60∘. Experimental functions have been compared to the predictions obtained with the QGSJet-01-d hadron interaction model by applying the CORSIKA code. The entire dataset indicates that cosmic rays consist predominantly of protons.
Citation:
A. V. Glushkov, K. G. Lebedev, A. V. Saburov, “Muons in eass with E0=1019 ev according to data of the Yakutsk array”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 117:4 (2023), 254–258; JETP Letters, 117:4 (2023), 257–261