M. T. Dova
Published 2005-05-30Version 1
The properties of cosmic rays with energies above 1PeV have to be deduced from the spacetime structure and particle content of the air showers which they initiate. In this review, a summary of the phenomenology of these giant air showers is presented. We describe the hadronic interaction models used to extrapolate results from collider data to ultra high energies, an also the main electromagnetic processes that govern the longitudinal shower evolution as well as the lateral spread of particles.
Comments: Invited talk at the Fifth International Workshop on New Worlds in Astroparticle Physics, 8-10 January 2005, Faro, Portugal (http://www.ualg.pt/fct/fisica/centra/a2005.html). Based on the review article Annals Phys. 314:145-207, 2004. Typo in the labelling of Fig.2 corrected
Journal: Annals Phys. 314 (2004) 145-207
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