Hadronic Interactions Studies at the LHC

The deficit of muons in the simulation of extensive air showers is a long-standing problem and the origin of large uncertainties in the reconstruction of the mass of the high-energy primary cosmic rays. Hadronic interaction models re-tuned after early LHC data have a more consistent description of t...

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Main Authors: Pierog Tanguy, Perlin Matias, Werner Klaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2023-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2023/09/epjconf_uhecr2023_05001.pdf
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description The deficit of muons in the simulation of extensive air showers is a long-standing problem and the origin of large uncertainties in the reconstruction of the mass of the high-energy primary cosmic rays. Hadronic interaction models re-tuned after early LHC data have a more consistent description of the muon content among them but still disagree with the data. Furthermore, some inconsistencies are also visible in the electromagnetic component. Ten years after the first LHC-tuned model release, much more detailed data are available both from LHC, SPS and hybrid air shower measurements, allowing for the understanding of some deficiencies in the model which could lead to a change in both Xmax and the muon production by air showers. A better treatment of the core-corona approach according to LHC data has important consequences on the muon production while an update of diffraction and nuclear fragmentation is changing the Xmax distribution. An updated version of EPOS LHC will be presented addressing the main issues of this model.
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spelling doaj.art-55d35b649fb54395a66b08c9d8d522972023-05-02T09:31:19ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2023-01-012830500110.1051/epjconf/202328305001epjconf_uhecr2023_05001Hadronic Interactions Studies at the LHCPierog Tanguy0Perlin Matias1Werner Klaus2KIT, IAPInstituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM)SUBATECH, University of Nantes – IN2P3/CNRS – IMT AtlantiqueThe deficit of muons in the simulation of extensive air showers is a long-standing problem and the origin of large uncertainties in the reconstruction of the mass of the high-energy primary cosmic rays. Hadronic interaction models re-tuned after early LHC data have a more consistent description of the muon content among them but still disagree with the data. Furthermore, some inconsistencies are also visible in the electromagnetic component. Ten years after the first LHC-tuned model release, much more detailed data are available both from LHC, SPS and hybrid air shower measurements, allowing for the understanding of some deficiencies in the model which could lead to a change in both Xmax and the muon production by air showers. A better treatment of the core-corona approach according to LHC data has important consequences on the muon production while an update of diffraction and nuclear fragmentation is changing the Xmax distribution. An updated version of EPOS LHC will be presented addressing the main issues of this model.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2023/09/epjconf_uhecr2023_05001.pdf
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