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Measurement of the proton-air cross-section at $\sqrt{s}=57$ TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory
| dc.contributor.author | Pierre Auger collaboration (513 authors) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abreu, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Andringa, Sofia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Assis, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brogueira, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cazon, Lorenzo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conceição, Ruben | |
| dc.contributor.author | Diogo, Francisco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Espadanal, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gonçalves, Patrícia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pimenta, Mário | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santo, Catarina E | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santos, Eva | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tomé, Bernardo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-03T20:45:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-03T20:45:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-08 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-03T20:45:02Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | We report a measurement of the proton-air cross-section for particle production at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon of 57 TeV. This is derived from the distribution of the depths of shower maxima observed with the Pierre Auger Observatory: systematic uncertainties are studied in detail. Analysing the tail of the distribution of the shower maxima, a proton-air cross-section of $[505\pm22(stat)^{+28}_{-36}(sys)]$ mb is found. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.Lett. 109 (2012) 062002 #DONE: Phys.Rev.Lett. 109 (2012) 062002; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.062002 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.062002 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26243 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | Measurement of the proton-air cross-section at $\sqrt{s}=57$ TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |