Cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere: QGSJET-III and other models
Sergey Ostapchenko
SciPost Phys. Proc. 13, 004 (2023) · published 28 September 2023
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.13.004
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21st International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions
Abstract
The physics content of the QGSJET-III Monte Carlo generator of high energy hadronic collisions is discussed. New theoretical approaches implemented in QGSJET-III are addressed in some detail and a comparison to alternative treatments of other cosmic ray interaction models is performed. Calculated characteristics of cosmic ray-induced extensive air showers are presented and differences between the respective results of QGSJET-III and other models are analyzed. In particular, it is demonstrated that those differences are partly caused by severe deficiencies of the other interaction models.
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See all Organizations.- 1 Universität Hamburg / University of Hamburg [UH]
- 2 Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics [SINP MSU]