Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Aab, A.; Abreu, P.; Aglietta, M.; Albuquerque, I. F. M.; Albury, J. M.; Allekotte, I.; Almela, A.; Castillo, J. Alvarez; Alvarez-Muñiz, J.; Anastasi, G. A.; Anchordoqui, L.; Andrada, B.; Andringa, S.; Aramo, C.; Asorey, H.; Assis, P.; Avila, G.; Badescu, A. M.; Bakalova, A.; Balaceanu, A.; Barbato, F.; Luz, R. J.  Barreira; Baur, S.; Becker, K. H.; Bellido, J. A.; Berat, C.; Bertaina, M. E.; Bertou, X.; Biermann, P. L.; Biteau, J.; Blaess, S. G.; Blanco, A.; Blazek, J.; Bleve, C.; Boháčová, M.; Boncioli, D.; Bonifazi, C.; Borodai, N.; Botti, A. M.; Brack, J.; Bretz, T.; Bridgeman, A.; Briechle, F. L.; Buchholz, P.; Bueno, A.; Buitink, S.; Buscemi, M.; Caballero-Mora, K. S.; Caccianiga, L.; Calcagni, L.; Cancio, A.; Canfora, F.; Carceller, J. M.; Caruso, R.; Castellina, A.; Catalani, F.; Cataldi, G.; Cazon, L.; Chinellato, J. A.; Chudoba, J.; Chytka, L.; Clay, R. W.; Cerutti, A. C.  Cobos; Colalillo, R.; Coleman, A.; Coluccia, M. R.; Conceição, R.; Condorelli, A.; Consolati, G.; Contreras, F.; Cooper, M. J.; Coutu, S.; Covault, C. E.; Daniel, B.; Dasso, S.; Daumiller, K.; Dawson, B. R.; Day, J. A.; de Almeida, R. M.; de Jong, S. J.; Mauro, G. De; Neto, J. R. T.  de Mello; Mitri, I. De; de Oliveira, J.; Salles, F. O.  de Oliveira; de Souza, V.; Debatin, J.; Deligny, O.; Dhital, N.; Castro, M. L.  Díaz; Diogo, F.; Dobrigkeit, C.; D'Olivo, J. C.; Dorosti, Q.; Anjos, R. C.  dos; Dova, M. T.; Dundovic, A.; Ebr, J.; Engel, R.; Erdmann, M.; Escobar, C. O.; Etchegoyen, A.; Falcke, H.; Farmer, J.; Farrar, G.; Fauth, A. C.; Fazzini, N.; Feldbusch, F.; Fenu, F.; Ferreyro, L. P.; Figueira, J. M.; Filipčič, A.; Freire, M. M.; Fujii, T.; Fuster, A.; García, B.; Gemmeke, H.; Gherghel-Lascu, A.; Ghia, P. L.; Giaccari, U.; Giammarchi, M.; Giller, M.; Głas, D.; Glombitza, J.; Golup, G.; Berisso, M. Gómez; Vitale, P. F.  Gómez; González, N.; Goos, I.; Góra, D.; Gorgi, A.; Gottowik, M.; Grubb, T. D.; Guarino, F.; Guedes, G. P.; Guido, E.; Halliday, R.; Hampel, M. R.; Hansen, P.; Harari, D.; Harrison, T. A.; Harvey, V. M.; Haungs, A.; Hebbeker, T.; Heck, D.; Heimann, P.; Hill, G. C.; Hojvat, C.; Holt, E. M.; Homola, P.; Hörandel, J. R.; Horvath, P.; Hrabovský, M.; Huege, T.; Hulsman, J.; Insolia, A.; Isar, P. G.; Jandt, I.; Johnsen, J. A.; Josebachuili, M.; Jurysek, J.; Kääpä, A.; Kampert, K. H.; Keilhauer, B.; Kemmerich, N.; Kemp, J.; Klages, H. O.; Kleifges, M.; Kleinfeller, J.; Krause, R.; Kuempel, D.; Mezek, G. Kukec; Awad, A. Kuotb; Lago, B. L.; LaHurd, D.; Lang, R. G.; Legumina, R.; de Oliveira, M. A.  Leigui; Lenok, V.; Letessier-Selvon, A.; Lhenry-Yvon, I.; Lippmann, O. C.; Presti, D. Lo; Lopes, L.; López, R.; Casado, A. López; Lorek, R.; Luce, Q.; Lucero, A.; Malacari, M.; Mancarella, G.; Mandat, D.; Manning, B. C.; Mantsch, P.; Mariazzi, A. G.; Mariş, I. C.; Marsella, G.; Martello, D.; Martinez, H.; Bravo, O. Martínez; Mastrodicasa, M.; Mathes, H. J.; Mathys, S.; Matthews, J.; Matthiae, G.; Mayotte, E.; Mazur, P. O.; Medina-Tanco, G.; Melo, D.; Menshikov, A.; Merenda, K. -D.; Michal, S.; Micheletti, M. I.; Middendorf, L.; Miramonti, L.; Mitrica, B.; Mockler, D.; Mollerach, S.; Montanet, F.; Morello, C.; Morlino, G.; Mostafá, M.; Müller, A. L.; Muller, M. A.; Müller, S.; Mussa, R.; Nellen, L.; Nguyen, P. H.; Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M.; Niechciol, M.; Nitz, D.; Nosek, D.; Novotny, V.; Nožka, L.; Nucita, A.; Núñez, L. A.; Olinto, A.; Palatka, M.; Pallotta, J.; Panetta, M. P.; Papenbreer, P.; Parente, G.; Parra, A.; Pech, M.; Pedreira, F.; Pçkala, J.; Pelayo, R.; Peña-Rodriguez, J.; Pereira, L. A. S.; Perlin, M.; Perrone, L.; Peters, C.; Petrera, S.; Phuntsok, J.; Pierog, T.; Pimenta, M.; Pirronello, V.; Platino, M.; Poh, J.; Pont, B.; Porowski, C.; Prado, R. R.; Privitera, P.; Prouza, M.; Puyleart, A.; Querchfeld, S.; Quinn, S.; Ramos-Pollan, R.; Rautenberg, J.; Ravignani, D.; Reininghaus, M.; Ridky, J.; Riehn, F.; Risse, M.; Ristori, P.; Rizi, V.; de Carvalho, W. Rodrigues; Rojo, J. Rodriguez; Roncoroni, M. J.; Roth, M.; Roulet, E.; Rovero, A. C.; Ruehl, P.; Saffi, S. J.; Saftoiu, A.; Salamida, F.; Salazar, H.; Saleh, A.; Salina, G.; Gomez, J. D.  Sanabria; Sánchez, F.; Santos, E. M.; Santos, E.; Sarazin, F.; Sarmento, R.; Sarmiento-Cano, C.; Sato, R.; Savina, P.; Schauer, M.; Scherini, V.; Schieler, H.; Schimassek, M.; Schimp, M.; Schlüter, F.; Schmidt, D.; Scholten, O.; Schovánek, P.; Schröder, F. G.; Schröder, S.; Schumacher, J.; Sciutto, S. J.; Scornavacche, M.; Shellard, R. C.; Sigl, G.; Silli, G.; Sima, O.; Šmída, R.; Snow, G. R.; Sommers, P.; Soriano, J. F.; Souchard, J.; Squartini, R.; Stanca, D.; Stanič, S.; Stasielak, J.; Stassi, P.; Stolpovskiy, M.; Streich, A.; Suarez, F.; Suárez-Durán, M.; Sudholz, T.; Suomijärvi, T.; Supanitsky, A. D.; Šupík, J.; Szadkowski, Z.; Taboada, A.; Taborda, O. A.; Tapia, A.; Timmermans, C.; Peixoto, C. J.  Todero; Tomé, B.; Elipe, G. Torralba; Travnicek, P.; Trini, M.; Tueros, M.; Ulrich, R.; Unger, M.; Urban, M.; Galicia, J. F.  Valdés; Valiño, I.; Valore, L.; Bodegom, P. van; Berg, A. M.  van den; Vliet, A. van; Varela, E.; Cárdenas, B. Vargas; Vázquez, R. A.; Veberič, D.; Ventura, C.; Quispe, I. D.  Vergara; Verzi, V.; Vicha, J.; Villaseñor, L.; Vink, J.; Vorobiov, S.; Wahlberg, H.; Watson, A. A.; Weber, M.; Weindl, A.; Wiedeński, M.; Wiencke, L.; Wilczyński, H.; Winchen, T.; Wirtz, M.; Wittkowski, D.; Wundheiler, B.; Yang, L.; Yushkov, A.; Zas, E.; Zavrtanik, D.; Zavrtanik, M.; Zehrer, L.; Zepeda, A.; Zimmermann, B.; Ziolkowski, M.; Zong, Z.; Zuccarello, F.

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2019/03/018

Title: Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Abstract

The profile of the longitudinal development of showers produced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays carries information related to the interaction properties of the primary particles with atmospheric nuclei. In this work, we present the first measurement of the average shower profile in traversed atmospheric depth at the Pierre Auger Observatory. The shapes of profiles are well reproduced by the Gaisser-Hillas parametrization within the range studied, for E > 10^17.8 eV . A detailed analysis of the systematic uncertainties is performed using ten years of data and a full detector simulation. The average shape is quantified using two variables related to the width and asymmetry of the profile, and the results are compared with predictions of hadronic interaction models for different primary particles.

Authors:: Aab, A.; Abreu, P.; Aglietta, M.; Albuquerque, I. F. M.; Albury, J. M.; Allekotte, I.; Almela, A.; Castillo, J. Alvarez; Alvarez-Muñiz, J.; Anastasi, G. A.; Anchordoqui, L.; Andrada, B.; Andringa, S.; Aramo, C.; Asorey, H.; Assis, P.; Avila, G.; Badescu, A. M.; Bakalova, A.; Balaceanu, A. more »« less

Publication Date:: Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Org.:: The Pierre Auger collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1495359

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1811.04660; FERMILAB-PUB-18-633
Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516; 1703212

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 2019; Journal Issue: 03; Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; cosmic rays detectors; ultra high energy cosmic rays

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                    Aab, A., Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Albury, J. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Castillo, J. Alvarez, Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Bakalova, A., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Luz, R. J.  Barreira, Baur, S., Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Biteau, J., Blaess, S. G., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Boháčová, M., Boncioli, D., Bonifazi, C., Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Bretz, T., Bridgeman, A., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Calcagni, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Carceller, J. M., Caruso, R., Castellina, A., Catalani, F., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Chinellato, J. A., Chudoba, J., Chytka, L., Clay, R. W., Cerutti, A. C.  Cobos, Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Coluccia, M. R., Conceição, R., Condorelli, A., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Cooper, M. J., Coutu, S., Covault, C. E., Daniel, B., Dasso, S., Daumiller, K., Dawson, B. R., Day, J. A., de Almeida, R. M., de Jong, S. J., Mauro, G. De, Neto, J. R. T.  de Mello, Mitri, I. De, de Oliveira, J., Salles, F. O.  de Oliveira, de Souza, V., Debatin, J., Deligny, O., Dhital, N., Castro, M. L.  Díaz, Diogo, F., Dobrigkeit, C., D'Olivo, J. C., Dorosti, Q., Anjos, R. C.  dos, Dova, M. T., Dundovic, A., Ebr, J., Engel, R., Erdmann, M., Escobar, C. O., Etchegoyen, A., Falcke, H., Farmer, J., Farrar, G., Fauth, A. C., Fazzini, N., Feldbusch, F., Fenu, F., Ferreyro, L. P., Figueira, J. M., Filipčič, A., Freire, M. M., Fujii, T., Fuster, A., García, B., Gemmeke, H., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Ghia, P. L., Giaccari, U., Giammarchi, M., Giller, M., Głas, D., Glombitza, J., Golup, G., Berisso, M. Gómez, Vitale, P. F.  Gómez, González, N., Goos, I., Góra, D., Gorgi, A., Gottowik, M., Grubb, T. D., Guarino, F., Guedes, G. P., Guido, E., Halliday, R., Hampel, M. R., Hansen, P., Harari, D., Harrison, T. A., Harvey, V. M., Haungs, A., Hebbeker, T., Heck, D., Heimann, P., Hill, G. C., Hojvat, C., Holt, E. M., Homola, P., Hörandel, J. R., Horvath, P., Hrabovský, M., Huege, T., Hulsman, J., Insolia, A., Isar, P. G., Jandt, I., Johnsen, J. A., Josebachuili, M., Jurysek, J., Kääpä, A., Kampert, K. H., Keilhauer, B., Kemmerich, N., Kemp, J., Klages, H. O., Kleifges, M., Kleinfeller, J., Krause, R., Kuempel, D., Mezek, G. Kukec, Awad, A. Kuotb, Lago, B. L., LaHurd, D., Lang, R. G., Legumina, R., de Oliveira, M. A.  Leigui, Lenok, V., Letessier-Selvon, A., Lhenry-Yvon, I., Lippmann, O. C., Presti, D. Lo, Lopes, L., López, R., Casado, A. López, Lorek, R., Luce, Q., Lucero, A., Malacari, M., Mancarella, G., Mandat, D., Manning, B. C., Mantsch, P., Mariazzi, A. G., Mariş, I. C., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Martinez, H., Bravo, O. Martínez, Mastrodicasa, M., Mathes, H. J., Mathys, S., Matthews, J., Matthiae, G., Mayotte, E., Mazur, P. O., Medina-Tanco, G., Melo, D., Menshikov, A., Merenda, K. -D., Michal, S., Micheletti, M. I., Middendorf, L., Miramonti, L., Mitrica, B., Mockler, D., Mollerach, S., Montanet, F., Morello, C., Morlino, G., Mostafá, M., Müller, A. L., Muller, M. A., Müller, S., Mussa, R., Nellen, L., Nguyen, P. H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M., Niechciol, M., Nitz, D., Nosek, D., Novotny, V., Nožka, L., Nucita, A., Núñez, L. A., Olinto, A., Palatka, M., Pallotta, J., Panetta, M. P., Papenbreer, P., Parente, G., Parra, A., Pech, M., Pedreira, F., Pçkala, J., Pelayo, R., Peña-Rodriguez, J., Pereira, L. A. S., Perlin, M., Perrone, L., Peters, C., Petrera, S., Phuntsok, J., Pierog, T., Pimenta, M., Pirronello, V., Platino, M., Poh, J., Pont, B., Porowski, C., Prado, R. R., Privitera, P., Prouza, M., Puyleart, A., Querchfeld, S., Quinn, S., Ramos-Pollan, R., Rautenberg, J., Ravignani, D., Reininghaus, M., Ridky, J., Riehn, F., Risse, M., Ristori, P., Rizi, V., de Carvalho, W. Rodrigues, Rojo, J. Rodriguez, Roncoroni, M. J., Roth, M., Roulet, E., Rovero, A. C., Ruehl, P., Saffi, S. J., Saftoiu, A., Salamida, F., Salazar, H., Saleh, A., Salina, G., Gomez, J. D.  Sanabria, Sánchez, F., Santos, E. M., Santos, E., Sarazin, F., Sarmento, R., Sarmiento-Cano, C., Sato, R., Savina, P., Schauer, M., Scherini, V., Schieler, H., Schimassek, M., Schimp, M., Schlüter, F., Schmidt, D., Scholten, O., Schovánek, P., Schröder, F. G., Schröder, S., Schumacher, J., Sciutto, S. J., Scornavacche, M., Shellard, R. C., Sigl, G., Silli, G., Sima, O., Šmída, R., Snow, G. R., Sommers, P., Soriano, J. F., Souchard, J., Squartini, R., Stanca, D., Stanič, S., Stasielak, J., Stassi, P., Stolpovskiy, M., Streich, A., Suarez, F., Suárez-Durán, M., Sudholz, T., Suomijärvi, T., Supanitsky, A. D., Šupík, J., Szadkowski, Z., Taboada, A., Taborda, O. A., Tapia, A., Timmermans, C., Peixoto, C. J.  Todero, Tomé, B., Elipe, G. Torralba, Travnicek, P., Trini, M., Tueros, M., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Urban, M., Galicia, J. F.  Valdés, Valiño, I., Valore, L., Bodegom, P. van, Berg, A. M.  van den, Vliet, A. van, Varela, E., Cárdenas, B. Vargas, Vázquez, R. A., Veberič, D., Ventura, C., Quispe, I. D.  Vergara, Verzi, V., Vicha, J., Villaseñor, L., Vink, J., Vorobiov, S., Wahlberg, H., Watson, A. A., Weber, M., Weindl, A., Wiedeński, M., Wiencke, L., Wilczyński, H., Winchen, T., Wirtz, M., Wittkowski, D., Wundheiler, B., Yang, L., Yushkov, A., Zas, E., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zehrer, L., Zepeda, A., Zimmermann, B., Ziolkowski, M., Zong, Z., and Zuccarello, F. Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
Web.  doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2019/03/018.

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                    Aab, A., Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Albury, J. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Castillo, J. Alvarez, Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Bakalova, A., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Luz, R. J.  Barreira, Baur, S., Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Biteau, J., Blaess, S. G., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Boháčová, M., Boncioli, D., Bonifazi, C., Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Bretz, T., Bridgeman, A., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Calcagni, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Carceller, J. M., Caruso, R., Castellina, A., Catalani, F., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Chinellato, J. A., Chudoba, J., Chytka, L., Clay, R. W., Cerutti, A. C.  Cobos, Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Coluccia, M. R., Conceição, R., Condorelli, A., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Cooper, M. J., Coutu, S., Covault, C. E., Daniel, B., Dasso, S., Daumiller, K., Dawson, B. R., Day, J. A., de Almeida, R. M., de Jong, S. J., Mauro, G. De, Neto, J. R. T.  de Mello, Mitri, I. De, de Oliveira, J., Salles, F. O.  de Oliveira, de Souza, V., Debatin, J., Deligny, O., Dhital, N., Castro, M. L.  Díaz, Diogo, F., Dobrigkeit, C., D'Olivo, J. C., Dorosti, Q., Anjos, R. C.  dos, Dova, M. T., Dundovic, A., Ebr, J., Engel, R., Erdmann, M., Escobar, C. O., Etchegoyen, A., Falcke, H., Farmer, J., Farrar, G., Fauth, A. C., Fazzini, N., Feldbusch, F., Fenu, F., Ferreyro, L. P., Figueira, J. M., Filipčič, A., Freire, M. M., Fujii, T., Fuster, A., García, B., Gemmeke, H., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Ghia, P. L., Giaccari, U., Giammarchi, M., Giller, M., Głas, D., Glombitza, J., Golup, G., Berisso, M. Gómez, Vitale, P. F.  Gómez, González, N., Goos, I., Góra, D., Gorgi, A., Gottowik, M., Grubb, T. D., Guarino, F., Guedes, G. P., Guido, E., Halliday, R., Hampel, M. R., Hansen, P., Harari, D., Harrison, T. A., Harvey, V. M., Haungs, A., Hebbeker, T., Heck, D., Heimann, P., Hill, G. C., Hojvat, C., Holt, E. M., Homola, P., Hörandel, J. R., Horvath, P., Hrabovský, M., Huege, T., Hulsman, J., Insolia, A., Isar, P. G., Jandt, I., Johnsen, J. A., Josebachuili, M., Jurysek, J., Kääpä, A., Kampert, K. H., Keilhauer, B., Kemmerich, N., Kemp, J., Klages, H. O., Kleifges, M., Kleinfeller, J., Krause, R., Kuempel, D., Mezek, G. Kukec, Awad, A. Kuotb, Lago, B. L., LaHurd, D., Lang, R. G., Legumina, R., de Oliveira, M. A.  Leigui, Lenok, V., Letessier-Selvon, A., Lhenry-Yvon, I., Lippmann, O. C., Presti, D. Lo, Lopes, L., López, R., Casado, A. López, Lorek, R., Luce, Q., Lucero, A., Malacari, M., Mancarella, G., Mandat, D., Manning, B. C., Mantsch, P., Mariazzi, A. G., Mariş, I. C., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Martinez, H., Bravo, O. Martínez, Mastrodicasa, M., Mathes, H. J., Mathys, S., Matthews, J., Matthiae, G., Mayotte, E., Mazur, P. O., Medina-Tanco, G., Melo, D., Menshikov, A., Merenda, K. -D., Michal, S., Micheletti, M. I., Middendorf, L., Miramonti, L., Mitrica, B., Mockler, D., Mollerach, S., Montanet, F., Morello, C., Morlino, G., Mostafá, M., Müller, A. L., Muller, M. A., Müller, S., Mussa, R., Nellen, L., Nguyen, P. H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M., Niechciol, M., Nitz, D., Nosek, D., Novotny, V., Nožka, L., Nucita, A., Núñez, L. A., Olinto, A., Palatka, M., Pallotta, J., Panetta, M. P., Papenbreer, P., Parente, G., Parra, A., Pech, M., Pedreira, F., Pçkala, J., Pelayo, R., Peña-Rodriguez, J., Pereira, L. A. S., Perlin, M., Perrone, L., Peters, C., Petrera, S., Phuntsok, J., Pierog, T., Pimenta, M., Pirronello, V., Platino, M., Poh, J., Pont, B., Porowski, C., Prado, R. R., Privitera, P., Prouza, M., Puyleart, A., Querchfeld, S., Quinn, S., Ramos-Pollan, R., Rautenberg, J., Ravignani, D., Reininghaus, M., Ridky, J., Riehn, F., Risse, M., Ristori, P., Rizi, V., de Carvalho, W. Rodrigues, Rojo, J. Rodriguez, Roncoroni, M. J., Roth, M., Roulet, E., Rovero, A. C., Ruehl, P., Saffi, S. J., Saftoiu, A., Salamida, F., Salazar, H., Saleh, A., Salina, G., Gomez, J. D.  Sanabria, Sánchez, F., Santos, E. M., Santos, E., Sarazin, F., Sarmento, R., Sarmiento-Cano, C., Sato, R., Savina, P., Schauer, M., Scherini, V., Schieler, H., Schimassek, M., Schimp, M., Schlüter, F., Schmidt, D., Scholten, O., Schovánek, P., Schröder, F. G., Schröder, S., Schumacher, J., Sciutto, S. J., Scornavacche, M., Shellard, R. C., Sigl, G., Silli, G., Sima, O., Šmída, R., Snow, G. R., Sommers, P., Soriano, J. F., Souchard, J., Squartini, R., Stanca, D., Stanič, S., Stasielak, J., Stassi, P., Stolpovskiy, M., Streich, A., Suarez, F., Suárez-Durán, M., Sudholz, T., Suomijärvi, T., Supanitsky, A. D., Šupík, J., Szadkowski, Z., Taboada, A., Taborda, O. A., Tapia, A., Timmermans, C., Peixoto, C. J.  Todero, Tomé, B., Elipe, G. Torralba, Travnicek, P., Trini, M., Tueros, M., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Urban, M., Galicia, J. F.  Valdés, Valiño, I., Valore, L., Bodegom, P. van, Berg, A. M.  van den, Vliet, A. van, Varela, E., Cárdenas, B. Vargas, Vázquez, R. A., Veberič, D., Ventura, C., Quispe, I. D.  Vergara, Verzi, V., Vicha, J., Villaseñor, L., Vink, J., Vorobiov, S., Wahlberg, H., Watson, A. A., Weber, M., Weindl, A., Wiedeński, M., Wiencke, L., Wilczyński, H., Winchen, T., Wirtz, M., Wittkowski, D., Wundheiler, B., Yang, L., Yushkov, A., Zas, E., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zehrer, L., Zepeda, A., Zimmermann, B., Ziolkowski, M., Zong, Z., & Zuccarello, F. Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/03/018

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R., Privitera, P., Prouza, M., Puyleart, A., Querchfeld, S., Quinn, S., Ramos-Pollan, R., Rautenberg, J., Ravignani, D., Reininghaus, M., Ridky, J., Riehn, F., Risse, M., Ristori, P., Rizi, V., de Carvalho, W. Rodrigues, Rojo, J. Rodriguez, Roncoroni, M. J., Roth, M., Roulet, E., Rovero, A. C., Ruehl, P., Saffi, S. J., Saftoiu, A., Salamida, F., Salazar, H., Saleh, A., Salina, G., Gomez, J. D.  Sanabria, Sánchez, F., Santos, E. M., Santos, E., Sarazin, F., Sarmento, R., Sarmiento-Cano, C., Sato, R., Savina, P., Schauer, M., Scherini, V., Schieler, H., Schimassek, M., Schimp, M., Schlüter, F., Schmidt, D., Scholten, O., Schovánek, P., Schröder, F. G., Schröder, S., Schumacher, J., Sciutto, S. J., Scornavacche, M., Shellard, R. C., Sigl, G., Silli, G., Sima, O., Šmída, R., Snow, G. R., Sommers, P., Soriano, J. F., Souchard, J., Squartini, R., Stanca, D., Stanič, S., Stasielak, J., Stassi, P., Stolpovskiy, M., Streich, A., Suarez, F., Suárez-Durán, M., Sudholz, T., Suomijärvi, T., Supanitsky, A. D., Šupík, J., Szadkowski, Z., Taboada, A., Taborda, O. A., Tapia, A., Timmermans, C., Peixoto, C. J.  Todero, Tomé, B., Elipe, G. Torralba, Travnicek, P., Trini, M., Tueros, M., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Urban, M., Galicia, J. F.  Valdés, Valiño, I., Valore, L., Bodegom, P. van, Berg, A. M.  van den, Vliet, A. van, Varela, E., Cárdenas, B. Vargas, Vázquez, R. A., Veberič, D., Ventura, C., Quispe, I. D.  Vergara, Verzi, V., Vicha, J., Villaseñor, L., Vink, J., Vorobiov, S., Wahlberg, H., Watson, A. A., Weber, M., Weindl, A., Wiedeński, M., Wiencke, L., Wilczyński, H., Winchen, T., Wirtz, M., Wittkowski, D., Wundheiler, B., Yang, L., Yushkov, A., Zas, E., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zehrer, L., Zepeda, A., Zimmermann, B., Ziolkowski, M., Zong, Z., and Zuccarello, F. Thu .  
"Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/03/018.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1495359.

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  title        = {Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory},

  author       = {Aab, A. and Abreu, P. and Aglietta, M. and Albuquerque, I. F. M. and Albury, J. M. and Allekotte, I. and Almela, A. and Castillo, J. Alvarez and Alvarez-Muñiz, J. and Anastasi, G. A. and Anchordoqui, L. and Andrada, B. and Andringa, S. and Aramo, C. and Asorey, H. and Assis, P. and Avila, G. and Badescu, A. M. and Bakalova, A. and Balaceanu, A. and Barbato, F. and Luz, R. J.  Barreira and Baur, S. and Becker, K. H. and Bellido, J. A. and Berat, C. and Bertaina, M. E. and Bertou, X. and Biermann, P. L. and Biteau, J. and Blaess, S. G. and Blanco, A. and Blazek, J. and Bleve, C. and Boháčová, M. and Boncioli, D. and Bonifazi, C. and Borodai, N. and Botti, A. M. and Brack, J. and Bretz, T. and Bridgeman, A. and Briechle, F. L. and Buchholz, P. and Bueno, A. and Buitink, S. and Buscemi, M. and Caballero-Mora, K. S. and Caccianiga, L. and Calcagni, L. and Cancio, A. and Canfora, F. and Carceller, J. 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H. and Keilhauer, B. and Kemmerich, N. and Kemp, J. and Klages, H. O. and Kleifges, M. and Kleinfeller, J. and Krause, R. and Kuempel, D. and Mezek, G. Kukec and Awad, A. Kuotb and Lago, B. L. and LaHurd, D. and Lang, R. G. and Legumina, R. and de Oliveira, M. A.  Leigui and Lenok, V. and Letessier-Selvon, A. and Lhenry-Yvon, I. and Lippmann, O. C. and Presti, D. Lo and Lopes, L. and López, R. and Casado, A. López and Lorek, R. and Luce, Q. and Lucero, A. and Malacari, M. and Mancarella, G. and Mandat, D. and Manning, B. C. and Mantsch, P. and Mariazzi, A. G. and Mariş, I. C. and Marsella, G. and Martello, D. and Martinez, H. and Bravo, O. Martínez and Mastrodicasa, M. and Mathes, H. J. and Mathys, S. and Matthews, J. and Matthiae, G. and Mayotte, E. and Mazur, P. O. and Medina-Tanco, G. and Melo, D. and Menshikov, A. and Merenda, K. -D. and Michal, S. and Micheletti, M. I. and Middendorf, L. and Miramonti, L. and Mitrica, B. and Mockler, D. and Mollerach, S. and Montanet, F. and Morello, C. and Morlino, G. and Mostafá, M. and Müller, A. L. and Muller, M. A. and Müller, S. and Mussa, R. and Nellen, L. and Nguyen, P. H. and Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M. and Niechciol, M. and Nitz, D. and Nosek, D. and Novotny, V. and Nožka, L. and Nucita, A. and Núñez, L. A. and Olinto, A. and Palatka, M. and Pallotta, J. and Panetta, M. P. and Papenbreer, P. and Parente, G. and Parra, A. and Pech, M. and Pedreira, F. and Pçkala, J. and Pelayo, R. and Peña-Rodriguez, J. and Pereira, L. A. S. and Perlin, M. and Perrone, L. and Peters, C. and Petrera, S. and Phuntsok, J. and Pierog, T. and Pimenta, M. and Pirronello, V. and Platino, M. and Poh, J. and Pont, B. and Porowski, C. and Prado, R. R. and Privitera, P. and Prouza, M. and Puyleart, A. and Querchfeld, S. and Quinn, S. and Ramos-Pollan, R. and Rautenberg, J. and Ravignani, D. and Reininghaus, M. and Ridky, J. and Riehn, F. and Risse, M. and Ristori, P. and Rizi, V. and de Carvalho, W. Rodrigues and Rojo, J. Rodriguez and Roncoroni, M. J. and Roth, M. and Roulet, E. and Rovero, A. C. and Ruehl, P. and Saffi, S. J. and Saftoiu, A. and Salamida, F. and Salazar, H. and Saleh, A. and Salina, G. and Gomez, J. D.  Sanabria and Sánchez, F. and Santos, E. M. and Santos, E. and Sarazin, F. and Sarmento, R. and Sarmiento-Cano, C. and Sato, R. and Savina, P. and Schauer, M. and Scherini, V. and Schieler, H. and Schimassek, M. and Schimp, M. and Schlüter, F. and Schmidt, D. and Scholten, O. and Schovánek, P. and Schröder, F. G. and Schröder, S. and Schumacher, J. and Sciutto, S. J. and Scornavacche, M. and Shellard, R. C. and Sigl, G. and Silli, G. and Sima, O. and Šmída, R. and Snow, G. R. and Sommers, P. and Soriano, J. F. and Souchard, J. and Squartini, R. and Stanca, D. and Stanič, S. and Stasielak, J. and Stassi, P. and Stolpovskiy, M. and Streich, A. and Suarez, F. and Suárez-Durán, M. and Sudholz, T. and Suomijärvi, T. and Supanitsky, A. D. and Šupík, J. and Szadkowski, Z. and Taboada, A. and Taborda, O. A. and Tapia, A. and Timmermans, C. and Peixoto, C. J.  Todero and Tomé, B. and Elipe, G. Torralba and Travnicek, P. and Trini, M. and Tueros, M. and Ulrich, R. and Unger, M. and Urban, M. and Galicia, J. F.  Valdés and Valiño, I. and Valore, L. and Bodegom, P. van and Berg, A. M.  van den and Vliet, A. van and Varela, E. and Cárdenas, B. Vargas and Vázquez, R. A. and Veberič, D. and Ventura, C. and Quispe, I. D.  Vergara and Verzi, V. and Vicha, J. and Villaseñor, L. and Vink, J. and Vorobiov, S. and Wahlberg, H. and Watson, A. A. and Weber, M. and Weindl, A. and Wiedeński, M. and Wiencke, L. and Wilczyński, H. and Winchen, T. and Wirtz, M. and Wittkowski, D. and Wundheiler, B. and Yang, L. and Yushkov, A. and Zas, E. and Zavrtanik, D. and Zavrtanik, M. and Zehrer, L. and Zepeda, A. and Zimmermann, B. and Ziolkowski, M. and Zong, Z. and Zuccarello, F.},

  abstractNote = {The profile of the longitudinal development of showers produced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays carries information related to the interaction properties of the primary particles with atmospheric nuclei. In this work, we present the first measurement of the average shower profile in traversed atmospheric depth at the Pierre Auger Observatory. The shapes of profiles are well reproduced by the Gaisser-Hillas parametrization within the range studied, for E > 1017.8 eV . A detailed analysis of the systematic uncertainties is performed using ten years of data and a full detector simulation. The average shape is quantified using two variables related to the width and asymmetry of the profile, and the results are compared with predictions of hadronic interaction models for different primary particles.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1475-7516/2019/03/018},

  journal      = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},

  number       = 03,

  volume       = 2019,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2019},

  month        = {Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2019}

}

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Title: Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

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The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory journal, July 2015

Description of atmospheric conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) journal, April 2012

Reconstruction of longitudinal profiles of ultra-high energy cosmic ray showers from fluorescence and Cherenkov light measurements journal, April 2008

Precise measurement of the absolute fluorescence yield of the 337nm band in atmospheric gases journal, February 2013

Mass composition and cross-section from the shape of cosmic ray shower longitudinal profiles journal, January 2011

A parameterization of cosmic ray shower profiles based on shower width journal, January 2010

A measurement of the average longitudinal development profile of cosmic ray air showers between 1017 and 1018 eV journal, October 2001

The average longitudinal air shower profile: exploring the shape information journal, August 2015

Depth of maximum of air-shower profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory. I. Measurements at energies above 1 0 17.8 eV journal, December 2014

A study of the effect of molecular and aerosol conditions in the atmosphere on air fluorescence measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory journal, March 2010

The Central Laser Facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory journal, November 2006

Techniques for measuring aerosol attenuation using the Central Laser Facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory journal, April 2013

Muon Production in Extended Air Shower Simulations journal, October 2008

Monte Carlo treatment of hadronic interactions in enhanced Pomeron scheme: QGSJET-II model journal, January 2011

Data-driven estimation of the invisible energy of cosmic ray showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory text, January 2019

The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
journal, July 2015

Description of atmospheric conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)
journal, April 2012

Reconstruction of longitudinal profiles of ultra-high energy cosmic ray showers from fluorescence and Cherenkov light measurements
journal, April 2008

Precise measurement of the absolute fluorescence yield of the 337nm band in atmospheric gases
journal, February 2013

Mass composition and cross-section from the shape of cosmic ray shower longitudinal profiles
journal, January 2011

A parameterization of cosmic ray shower profiles based on shower width
journal, January 2010

A measurement of the average longitudinal development profile of cosmic ray air showers between 1017 and 1018 eV
journal, October 2001

The average longitudinal air shower profile: exploring the shape information
journal, August 2015

Depth of maximum of air-shower profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory. I. Measurements at energies above $1 0^{17.8} eV$
journal, December 2014

A study of the effect of molecular and aerosol conditions in the atmosphere on air fluorescence measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory
journal, March 2010

The Central Laser Facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory
journal, November 2006

Techniques for measuring aerosol attenuation using the Central Laser Facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory
journal, April 2013

Muon Production in Extended Air Shower Simulations
journal, October 2008

Monte Carlo treatment of hadronic interactions in enhanced Pomeron scheme: QGSJET-II model
journal, January 2011

Data-driven estimation of the invisible energy of cosmic ray showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory
text, January 2019