Volume 358 - 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019) - CRI - Cosmic Ray Indirect
Estimating the Depth of Shower Maximum using the Surface Detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory
C.J. Todero Peixoto*  on behalf of the Pierre Auger Collaboration
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Pre-published on: September 03, 2019
Published on: July 02, 2021
Abstract
The Pierre Auger Collaboration has developed a method for estimating the depth of shower maximum ($X_{\max}$) using the risetime of the signals recorded by the array of water-Cherenkov detectors. The average value of $X_{\max}$ is determined for energies above 3 EeV, using air showers with zenith angles up to 60$^{\circ}$. The work described here considerably extends that reported previously with an increase in the total number of events by a factor 2.1. In total 125,005 events are used, of which 237 are above 50 EeV. The data set is approximately a factor 30 larger than what is available from fluorescence measurements for energies above 3 EeV. The results reinforce previous conclusions: the mean mass of high-energy cosmic rays begins to rise above 3 EeV and extend that finding to higher energies with greater precision. Additionally, we find strong discrepancies when we make a comparison between observations and predictions from simulations with values which are obtained from measurements of the risetime of the recorded signals.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.358.0440
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