Speaker
Javier G. Gonzalez
(KIT)
Description
The current challenge in studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays is
inferring the primary mass-composition. In order to get a better
handle on mass-composition it is vital that we disentangle the
contributions from the different components of the air shower, as this
relates to the primary mass as well as possible systematic
uncertainties arising from the use of Monte Carlo hadronic interaction
generators. We therefore consider a ground array of scintillator and
water Cherenkov detectors. The different response characteristics of
these two types of detectors to the components of the air shower could
provide a way to infer their relative contributions. We use a detailed
simulation in order to estimate the impact of parameters, such as
scintillator detector size, in the determination of the size of the
muon component.
Primary author
Javier G. Gonzalez
(KIT)
Co-authors
Dr
Markus Roth
(KIT)
Dr
Ralph Engel
(Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)
