4–9 Oct 2015
Europe/Berlin timezone

Cosmic ray interaction models: an overview

6 Oct 2015, 11:40
25m
Oral Presentation Astroparticle Physics Astroparticle Physics

Speaker

Dr Sergey Ostapchenko (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS))

Description

I shall review the state-of-the-art concerning the treatment of high energy cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere, discussing in some detail the underlying physical concepts and presenting a comparison of model results with selected accelerator data. Further, the relation of basic characteristics of hadronic interactions with the properties of nuclear-electromagnetic cascades induced by primary cosmic rays in the atmosphere will be addressed.

Primary author

Dr Sergey Ostapchenko (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS))

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