Monte Carlo study of forward π0 production spectra to be measured by the LHCf experiment for the purpose of benchmarking hadron interaction models at 1017 eV

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 513-520

  Menjo, H ^c   Adriani, O ^b   Bonechi, L ^b   Bongi, M ^c   Castellini, G ^d   D'Alessandro, R ^b   Faus, A ^e   Fukui, K ^a   Haguenauer, M ^f   Itow, Y ^a   Kasahara, K ^g   Kawade, K ^a   MacIna, D ^h   Mase, T ^a   Masuda, K ^a   Matsubara, Y ^a   Mitsuka, G ^a   Mizuishi, M ^g   Muraki, Y ⁱ   Nakai, M ^g   Papini, P ^c   Perrot, A L ^h   Ricciarini, S ^c   Sako, T ^a   Shimizu, Y ^j   Taki, K ^a   Tamura, T ^k   Torii, S ^g   Tricomi, A ^l   Turner, W C ^m   Velasco, J ^e   Viciani, A ^c   Yoshida, K ⁿ   more..

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^d IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^g WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h CERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^k KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^m LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

High energy 0 production spectra; High energy cosmic rays; LHC; LHCf

Indexed keywords

AIR SHOWERS; BEAM PARTICLES; BEAM PIPE; COMMISSIONING PHASE; ENERGY SPECTRA; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; IMAGING CALORIMETERS; INTERACTION MODEL; LHC; LHCF; MONTE CARLO STUDY; NEUTRAL PARTICLES; PROTON PROTON COLLISIONS; RESIDUAL GAS; SECONDARY PARTICLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DETECTORS; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; EXPERIMENTS; HADRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIPE; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPY; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 78650953315     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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