Sensitivity of the Auger Observatory to ultra high energy photon composition through inclined showers
M. Ave (1), J. A. Hinton (1,2), R. A. Vazquez (3), A. A. Watson (1),, and E. Zas (3) ((1) Department of Physics, Astronomy, University of Leeds, (2) Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, (3) Departamento de Fisica, de Particulas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)
TL;DR
This paper calculates the expected rate of inclined air showers caused by ultra high energy cosmic rays at the Auger Observatory, focusing on distinguishing photon primaries at energies up to 10^20 eV to test cosmic ray origin models.
Contribution
It introduces a method to differentiate photon-induced showers from other cosmic rays at ultra-high energies using inclined shower features.
Findings
Features to distinguish photons at energies up to 10^20 eV
Expected photon-induced shower rates at Auger Observatory
Implications for models of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray origins
Abstract
We report a calculation of the expected rate of inclined air showers induced by ultra high energy cosmic rays to be obtained by the Auger Southern Observatory assuming different mass compositions. We describe some features that can be used to distinguish photons at energies as high as 10 eV. The discrimination of photons at such energies will help to test some models of the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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