Depth of maximum of air-shower profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory. I. Measurements at energies above $10^{17.8}$ eV

Aab, Alexander

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.122005

Title: Depth of maximum of air-shower profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory. I. Measurements at energies above $$10^{17.8}$$ eV

Journal Article · Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.122005· OSTI ID:1234846

Aab, Alexander ^[1]

Univ. of Siegen (Germany). et al.

We report a study of the distributions of the depth of maximum, X_max, of extensive air-shower profiles with energies above 10^17.8 eV as observed with the fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The analysis method for selecting a data sample with minimal sampling bias is described in detail as well as the experimental cross-checks and systematic uncertainties. Furthermore, we discuss the detector acceptance and the resolution of the X_max measurement and provide parametrizations thereof as a function of energy. Finally, the energy dependence of the mean and standard deviation of the X_max distributions are compared to air-shower simulations for different nuclear primaries and interpreted in terms of the mean and variance of the logarithmic mass distribution at the top of the atmosphere.

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

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

Contributing Organization:: Pierre Auger Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; FR02-04ER41300; FG02-99ER41107

OSTI ID:: 1234846

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1214419

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-14-348-AD-AE-CD-TD; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1409.4809

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 90, Issue 12; ISSN 1550-7998

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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