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The azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of signals in Auger surface detector stations is a source of information on shower development. The azimuthal asymmetry is due to a combination of the longitudinal evolution of the shower and geometrical effects related to the angles of incidence of the particles into the detectors. The magnitude of the effect depends upon the zenith angle and state of development of the shower and thus provides a novel observable, (secθ)max, sensitive to the mass composition of cosmic rays above 3×1018 eV. By comparing measurements with predictions from shower simulations, we find for both of our adopted models of hadronic physics (QGSJETII-04 and EPOS-LHC) an indication that the mean cosmic-ray mass increases slowly with energy, as has been inferred from other studies. However, the mass estimates are dependent on the shower model and on the range of distance from the shower core selected. Thus the method has uncovered further deficiencies in our understanding of shower modeling that must be resolved before the mass composition can be inferred from (secθ)max. © 2016 American Physical Society.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Autor:Multitudinario:434
Filiación:Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, United States
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física, São Paulo, Brazil
Centro Atómico Bariloche, Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
Ohio State University, United States
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Germany
INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, United States
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania
Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Argentina
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
New York University, United States
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Germany
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Germany
University of Adelaide, Australia
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, France
Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
Institute of Physics (FZU), Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Università Del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E. de Giorgi, Italy
INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
INFN Laboratori Del Gran Sasso, Italy
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Zeuthen, Germany
Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Física, Brazil
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Poland
Colorado State University, United States
Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
Universidad de Granada, C.A.F.P.E., Spain
Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Italy
INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Mexico
INFN, Sezione di Milano, Italy
INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
Institute of Space Science, Romania
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Michigan Technological University, United States
Università di Napoli federico II, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
Pennsylvania State University, United States
Case Western Reserve University, United States
University of Chicago, United States
SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France
Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, France
Università Del Salento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Italy
Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Argentina
Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Netherlands
Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
Università dell'Aquila, Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica, Italy
INFN, Sezione di l'Aquila, Italy
KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Universidade Federal Do Paraná, Setor Palotina, Brazil
IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET, Argentina
Stichting Astronomisch Onderzoek in Nederland (ASTRON), Dwingeloo, Netherlands
Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/U.N.R., Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Argentina
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Germany
University of Łódź, Poland
University of Hawaii, United States
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Brazil
Palacky University, RCPTM, Czech Republic
Colorado School of Mines, United States
Universidade Federal Do ABC (UFABC), Brazil
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico
Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico
Louisiana State University, United States
University of New Mexico, United States
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF), Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
University Prague, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Czech Republic
Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF, CONICET, Argentina
Northeastern University, United States
Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingenieria y Tecnologias Avanzadas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (UPIITA-IPN), Mexico
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
University of Nebraska, United States
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo, Italy
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Brazil
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Año:2016
Volumen:93
Número:7
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072006
Título revista:Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Título revista abreviado:Phys Rev D Part Fields Gravit Cosmol
ISSN:15507998
CODEN:PRVDA
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15507998_v93_n7_p_Multitudinario

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(2016) . Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 93(7).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072006
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Multitudinario:434. "Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory" . Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 93, no. 7 (2016).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072006
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Multitudinario:434. "Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory" . Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 7, 2016.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072006
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Multitudinario:434. Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Phys Rev D Part Fields Gravit Cosmol. 2016;93(7).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072006