Fluctuations of the depth of maximum in extensive air showers and cross-section of p-air inelastic interaction for energy range 10^15-10^17 eV

TL;DR

This paper estimates the proton-air inelastic interaction cross-section across energies from 10^15 to 10^17 eV by analyzing fluctuations in the depth of maximum in extensive air showers, comparing results with various models.

Contribution

It provides new estimates of the proton-air cross-section in the ultra-high-energy range, enhancing understanding of hadronic interactions in cosmic ray physics.

Findings

Cross-section estimates vary with energy.

Results align with certain hadron interaction models.

Fluctuation analysis offers insights into shower development.

Abstract

We present estimation of proton-air inelastic interaction cross-section obtained for different energy values are. Results are compared with different hadron interaction models.