Low-Energy Interaction Models in CORSIKA
Dieter Heck, Ralph Engel
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
Giuseppe Battistoni, Alberto Fassò,
Alfredo Ferrari, Johannes Ranft, and Paola R. Sala
ICRC 2003, Tsukuba, Japan
Motivation and Outline
shower observables sensitive to both low- and high-energy hadronic interactions
FLUKA 2002 as alternative hadronic interaction model implemented
new correction patches available for GHEISHA (R.E. Cassell and G. Bower, SLAC)
comparison of model predictions to low-energy data
calculation of influence on EAS predictions
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Comparison to low-energy p-Be data (1)
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double-differential data integrated PLB
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uncertainties: inter- and extrapolation
GHEISHA: multiplicity too low
QGSJET: multiplicity too high
Comparison to low-energy p-Be data (2)
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double-differential data integrated PLB
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uncertainties: inter- and extrapolation
very limited amount of data available
Comparison to low-energy p-C data
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fully inclusive measurements
positive pions difficult to measure
energy below Feynman scaling region
Cross-check: p-N predictions
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predictions similar to p-Be and p-C
QGSJET: higher multiplicity than FLUKA
GHEISHA: lower multiplicity than FLUKA
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example: multiplicity of p-p interactions
default transition energy: Elab = 80 GeV
similar results for charged kaons
Transition: low- and high energy models
80 GeV
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vertical proton induced showers
significant change in baryon energy spectrum
strong model dependence of lateral distribution
EAS predictions: baryon distributions
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vertical proton- induced showers
very small changes in longitudinal profile
differences of same order as statistical fluctuations
EAS predictions: longitudinal shower profile
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QGSJET: dependence on low-energy model and threshold
SIBYLL: dependence on threshold
difference between QGSJET and SIBYLL bigger than low-energy model dependence
EAS predictions: muon energy spectrum
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vertical proton showers
partial cancellation of low-energy model dependence
differences between high-energy models dominate
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Integral muon energy spectrum
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vertical proton- induced showers
Eµ > 300 MeV
changes at small and large lateral distances
changes compatible with energy spectra
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EAS predictions: muon lateral distribution
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vertical proton showers, E = 1019 eV
Eµ > 150 MeV Ee > 250 keV
drastic changes at large lateral distance
see also talk by H.J. Drescher
EAS predictions at Auger energies
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vertical proton showers, E = 1019 eV
Eµ > 150 MeV Ee > 250 keV
drastic changes at large lateral distance
see also talk by H.J. Drescher
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EAS predictions at Auger energies
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Summary and outlook
significant differences between low-energy models
FLUKA gives best description of low-energy data
strong effect on hadronic distributions
no effect on longitudinal shower profiles
muonic observables sensitive to low-energy model:
change of muon energy spectrum
cancellation: small change of total muon number
drastic change of lateral distributions at high energy
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References
D. Heck et al., Report FZKA 6019 (1998), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe; http://www-ik.fzk.de/
A. Fassò, A. Ferrari, J. Ranft, P.R. Sala: FLUKA: Status and Prospective of Hadronic Applications, Proc. Monte Carlo 2000 Conf., Lisbon, Oct. 23-26, 2000, A. Kling et al. eds., Springer (Berlin) 955 (2001); http://www.fluka.org/
H. Fesefeldt, Report PITHA-85/02 (1985), RWTH Aachen
R.E. Cassell and G. Bower (SLAC), private communication (2002)
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Kaon multiplicity in p-p interactions
GHEISHA: multiplicity too low
SIBYLL and neXus similar
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GHEISHA: differences at large lateral distances
lateral distributions almost threshold independent
Pion and muon lateral distribution
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dependence on low-energy model small
differences comparable to statistical error
Lateral distribution of electrons
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strong dependence on model
strong dependence on threshold
Lateral distribution of neutrons
