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Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003) (Universe)

Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003)

Universe
Description
Speaker: Olaf Scholten
Participants
  • Alberto Mariotti
  • Alexander Sevrin
  • Aritra Ghosh
  • Catherine De Clercq
  • Catherine De Clercq
  • Christoph Raab
  • Denys Lontkovskyi
  • Dries Coone
  • Isabelle De Bruyn
  • Isis Van Parijs
  • Jonathan Lindgren
  • Katie Mulrey
  • Krijn de Vries
  • Kévin Nguyen
  • Leonidas Kalousis
  • Lieselotte Moreels
  • Matthias Vereecken
  • Nick van Eijndhoven
  • Pascal Vanlaer
  • PRAGATI MITRA
  • Seth Moortgat
  • Shimaa Abu Zeid
  • Tobias Winchen
  • Vincent Luyten
    • 12:00 → 13:00
      Muons from air showers 1h
      An ultra-high energy cosmic ray that enters the atmosphere of the Earth collides with air molecules to create an extensive air shower, a particle cascade with millions of particles. At the highest energies the center-of-mass energy of the initial collision exceeds LHC energies by an order of magnitude. To determine the mass of the cosmic ray the measured properties of the air shower are compared with model calculations. The parameters in these models are optimized to reproduce the recent LHC data. Since many years a large (factor 2) discrepancy is observed between data and simulation. Recently it was proven by the Pierre Auger Collaboration that the reason for the discrepancy is an under estimate of the number of produced muons. In my presentation I will present this evidence and discuss implications for modeling at ultra-high energies as well as future plans improving the data.
      Speaker: Olaf Scholten
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