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Measurement of the Depth of Maximum of Extensive Air Showers above 10^18 eV

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2010

Abstract

We describe the measurement of the depth of maximum, Xmax⁡, of the longitudinal development of air showers induced by cosmic rays. Almost 4000 events above 10^18 eV observed by the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory in coincidence with at least one surface detector station are selected for the analysis.

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