On the Possible Common Nature of Double Extensive Air Showers and Aligned Events

TL;DR

This paper proposes that double extensive air showers and aligned events at ultra-high energies may originate from the breakup of strings formed during collisions of super high energy particles, suggesting a common underlying mechanism.

Contribution

It introduces the hypothesis that both phenomena are caused by string breakup in high-energy particle collisions, offering a unified explanation for their nature.

Findings

Double extensive air showers observed at energies above 10^16 eV.

Aligned events observed at similar ultra-high energies.

Proposed string breakup as a common origin for both phenomena.

Abstract

Double Extensive Air Showers and aligned events were discovered at energies E {\gtsim} 1016 eV over fourth century back. But up to now there is no sufficiently identical explanation of their nature. In this paper it is expected that both types of events are the result of breakup of the string formed in the collisions of super high energy particles.