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Hadronic component of high-energy cosmic rays and the growth of the inelastic cross sections

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6636045

The data on the inelastic nucleon--nucleus cross section at superhigh energies are discussed. The atmospheric hadronic cascade model is studied taking into account a logarithmic growth of the inelastic cross sections with energy and the production of pions, kaons, and nucleons in pion-nucleus collisions. It is shown that the inclusion of the reaction ..pi..A..-->..KX noticeably affects the value of the k/..pi.. ratio at muon and neutrino effective-generation altitudes. The results of the calculation are in good agreement with the experimental data on the hadronic component of cosmic rays at energies Eapprox. >1 TeV.

Research Organization:
Irkutsk State University
OSTI ID:
6636045
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 44:5; ISSN SJNCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English