Electron and thermal neutron lateral distribution functions in EAS at high altitude

14th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics

物理学;天文学

Shchegolev, O.B.^1 ; Alekseenko, V.V.^1 ; Cai, Z.Y.^2 ; Cao, Z.^3 ; Cui, S.W.^2 ; Gromushkin, D.M.^4 ; Guo, X.W.^2 ; He, H.H.^3 ; Liu, Y.^5 ; Ma, X.^3 ; Stenkin, Yu.V.^1,4 ; Stepanov, V.I.^1 ; Zhao, J.^3

Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS, Moscow

117312, Russia^1

Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China^2

Institute of High Energy Physics CAS, Beijing

100049, China^3

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow

115409, Russia^4

School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan, China^5

关键词: GEANT4 code;    Lateral distributions;    Thermal neutrons;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052038/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052038

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

EAS array of novel type have been constructed on the base of ARGO-YBJ experiment (Tibet, China). It consists of the four specially designed scintillator en-detectors capable to measure two main EAS components: hadrons through thermal neutrons (n) and electrons (e). The results of simulation for these arrays using CORSIKA and GEANT4 codes are presented. Simulated thermal neutron and electron lateral distributions are compared with experimental data. Obtained distributions are compared with those obtained by other arrays.