The Pierre Auger Observatory II: Studies of Cosmic Ray Composition and Hadronic Interaction models

P. Abreu , D. Allard (1) , A. Bellétoile (2) , A. Creusot (3) , G. Decerprit (3) , C. Lachaud (3) , Pascal Lautridou (2) , V. Marin (2) , Lilian Martin (2) , E. Parizot (3) , O. Ravel (2) , Benoît Revenu (2) , G. Tristram (3) , J. Aublin (4) , P. Billoir (4) , C. Bonifazi (4) , R. Gaior (4) , P.L. Ghia (4) , A. Letessierselvon (4) , C. Macolino (4) , I.C. Maris (4) , M. Münchmeyer (4) , R. Bardenet (5) , A. Cordier (5) , S. Dagoret-Campagne (5) , Balázs Kégl (5) , K. Louedec (5) , D. Monnier Ragaigne (5) , Martin Urban (5)

1 APC - AHE - APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies
2 SUBATECH - Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes
3 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
4 LPNHE - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
5 LAL - Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire

Studies of the composition of the highest energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory, including examination of hadronic physics effects on the structure of extensive air showers.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]; Physics [physics]; High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]

P. Abreu, D. Allard, A. Bellétoile, A. Creusot, G. Decerprit, et al.. The Pierre Auger Observatory II: Studies of Cosmic Ray Composition and Hadronic Interaction models. 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference - ICRC 2011, 2011, Beijing, China. ⟨in2p3-00630600⟩