ICRC2015

July 29, 2015 to August 6, 2015
World Forum
Europe/Amsterdam timezone

Measurement of the average electromagnetic longitudinal shower profile at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Jul 30, 2015, 3:30 PM
1h
Amazon Foyer (World Forum)

Amazon Foyer

World Forum

Churchillplein 10 2517 JW Den Haag The Netherlands
Board: 242
Poster contribution CR-EX

Speaker

Francisco Diogo (LIP (Lisboa))

Description

In addition to the standard $X_\mathrm{max}$ and energy, the longitudinal profiles of extensive air showers contain some more interesting information. For energies above $10^{17.8}$ eV, we present the average profiles as a function of depth measured for the first time at the Pierre Auger Observatory. The profile shapes for different energy ranges are all well reproduced by a Gaisser-Hillas function with two parameters. A detailed analysis of the systematic uncertainties is done using data and a full detector simulation, and the results are compared with predictions of hadronic interaction models for different primaries.
Collaboration Pierre Auger 915

Primary author

Francisco Diogo (LIP (Lisboa))

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