International Symposium on Future Directions in UHECR Physics

Estimates of the proton-proton cross section at UHE energy

14 Feb 2012, 15:40

20m

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

talk Theory and measurement of UHECR flux and composition

Speaker

Prof. Paolo Lipari (Universita di Roma I)

Description

This contribution discusses possible methods to measure the proton-proton total cross section from observations of Ultra High Energy cosmic rays, and the theoretical uncertainties associated with these methods.

Presentation materials

Slides

99_Lipari.pdf