Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 280, 2023
RICAP-22, 8th Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics
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Article Number | 04003 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Cosmic Rays | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328004003 | |
Published online | 20 March 2023 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328004003
Probing Hadronic Interactions with Cosmic Rays
1
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
76021
Karlsruhe,
Germany
2
University of Delaware,
Newark,
DE 19716, USA
* e-mail: soldin@kit.edu
Published online: 20 March 2023
High-energy cosmic rays interact in the Earth’s atmosphere and produce extensive air showers (EASs) which can be measured with large detector arrays at the ground. The interpretation of these measurements relies on models of the EAS development which represents a challenge as well as an opportunity to test quantum chromodynamics (QCD) under extreme conditions. The EAS development is driven by hadron-ion collisions under low momentum transfer in the non-perturbative regime of QCD. Under these conditions, hadron production cannot be described using first principles and these interactions cannot be probed with existing collider experiments. Thus, accurate measurements of the EAS development provide a unique probe of multi-particle production in hadronic interactions.
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