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.
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 |