Chaotic behaviour in arrival times of cosmic-ray air showers

1997 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Unno ◽  
S Ohara ◽  
K Urata ◽  
I Masaki ◽  
T Kitamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Chaotic Behaviour ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Arrival Times

Distribution of arrival times in cosmic ray showers

1978 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 730-735
Author(s):  
H. S. Green
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Radiation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Stochastic Theory ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Actual Distribution ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Primary Particles ◽  
Theoretical Analyses

The theoretical analyses of the extensive air showers developing from the cosmic radiation has its origins in the work of Carlson and Oppenheimer (1937) and Bhabha and Heitler (1937), at a time when it was thought that such showers were initiated by electrons. The realization that protons and other nuclei were the primary particles led to a reformulation of the theory by Heitler and Janossy (1949), Messel and Green (1952) and others, in which the production of energetic pions and the three-dimensional development of air showers were accounted for. But as the soft (electromagnetic) component of the cosmic radiation is the most prominent feature of air showers at sea level, there has been a sustained interest in the theory of this component. Most of the more recent work, such as that by Butcher and Messel (1960) and Thielheim and Zöllner (1972) has relied on computer simulation; but this method has disadvantages in terms of accuracy and presentation of results, especially where a simultaneous analysis of the development of air showers in terms of several physical variables is required. This is so for instance when the time of arrival is one of the variables. Moyal (1956) played an important part in the analytical formulation of a stochastic theory of cosmic ray showers, with time as an explicit variable, and it is essentially this approach which will be adopted in the following. The actual distribution of arrival times is cosmic ray showers, for which results are obtained, is of current experimental interest (McDonald, Clay and Prescott (1977)).

scholarly journals Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Homola ◽  
Dmitriy Beznosko ◽  
Gopal Bhatta ◽  
Łukasz Bibrzycki ◽  
Łukasz Bratek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Wide Energy Range ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Classical Models ◽  
Wide Energy ◽  
Partially Observable ◽  
Photon Interactions ◽  
Detection Strategies

The Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) is a newly formed, global collaboration dedicated to observing and studying cosmic rays (CR) and cosmic ray ensembles (CRE): groups of a minimum of two CR with a common primary interaction vertex or the same parent particle. The CREDO program embraces testing known CR and CRE scenarios, and preparing to observe unexpected physics, it is also suitable for multi-messenger and multi-mission applications. Perfectly matched to CREDO capabilities, CRE could be formed both within classical models (e.g. as products of photon-photon interactions), and exotic scenarios (e.g. as results of decay of Super Heavy Dark Matter particles), their fronts might be significantly extended in space and time, and they might include cosmic rays of energies spanning the whole cosmic ray energy spectrum. CRE are expected to be partially observable on Earth even if the initiating interaction or process occurs as far as ~1 Gpc away. They would have a footprint composed of at least two extensive air showers with correlated arrival directions and arrival times. Since CRE are mostly expected to be spread over large areas and, because of the expected wide energy range of the contributing particles, CRE detection might only be feasible when using available cosmic ray infrastructure collectively, i.e. as a globally extended network of detectors. Thus, with this review article, the CREDO Collaboration invites the astroparticle physics community to actively join or to contribute to the research dedicated to CRE, and in particular to share any cosmic ray data useful for the specific CRE detection strategies.

scholarly journals Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1835
Author(s):  
Piotr Homola ◽  
Dmitriy Beznosko ◽  
Gopal Bhatta ◽  
Łukasz Bibrzycki ◽  
Michalina Borczyńska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Wide Energy Range ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Classical Models ◽  
Wide Energy ◽  
Photon Interactions ◽  
Detection Strategies ◽  
Primary Interaction

The Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) is a newly formed, global collaboration dedicated to observing and studying cosmic rays (CR) and cosmic-ray ensembles (CRE): groups of at least two CR with a common primary interaction vertex or the same parent particle. The CREDO program embraces testing known CR and CRE scenarios, and preparing to observe unexpected physics, it is also suitable for multi-messenger and multi-mission applications. Perfectly matched to CREDO capabilities, CRE could be formed both within classical models (e.g., as products of photon–photon interactions), and exotic scenarios (e.g., as results of decay of Super-Heavy Dark Matter particles). Their fronts might be significantly extended in space and time, and they might include cosmic rays of energies spanning the whole cosmic-ray energy spectrum, with a footprint composed of at least two extensive air showers with correlated arrival directions and arrival times. As the CRE are predominantly expected to be spread over large areas and, due to the expected wide energy range of the contributing particles, such a CRE detection might only be feasible when using all available cosmic-ray infrastructure collectively, i.e., as a globally extended network of detectors. Thus, with this review article, the CREDO Collaboration invites the astroparticle physics community to actively join or to contribute to the research dedicated to CRE and, in particular, to pool together cosmic-ray data to support specific CRE detection strategies.

Distribution of arrival times in cosmic ray showers

1978 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 730-735
Author(s):  
H. S. Green
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Radiation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Stochastic Theory ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Actual Distribution ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Primary Particles ◽  
Theoretical Analyses

The theoretical analyses of the extensive air showers developing from the cosmic radiation has its origins in the work of Carlson and Oppenheimer (1937) and Bhabha and Heitler (1937), at a time when it was thought that such showers were initiated by electrons. The realization that protons and other nuclei were the primary particles led to a reformulation of the theory by Heitler and Janossy (1949), Messel and Green (1952) and others, in which the production of energetic pions and the three-dimensional development of air showers were accounted for. But as the soft (electromagnetic) component of the cosmic radiation is the most prominent feature of air showers at sea level, there has been a sustained interest in the theory of this component. Most of the more recent work, such as that by Butcher and Messel (1960) and Thielheim and Zöllner (1972) has relied on computer simulation; but this method has disadvantages in terms of accuracy and presentation of results, especially where a simultaneous analysis of the development of air showers in terms of several physical variables is required. This is so for instance when the time of arrival is one of the variables. Moyal (1956) played an important part in the analytical formulation of a stochastic theory of cosmic ray showers, with time as an explicit variable, and it is essentially this approach which will be adopted in the following. The actual distribution of arrival times is cosmic ray showers, for which results are obtained, is of current experimental interest (McDonald, Clay and Prescott (1977)).

scholarly journals Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Homola ◽  
Dmitriy Beznosko ◽  
Gopal Bhatta ◽  
Łukasz Bibrzycki ◽  
Łukasz Bratek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Wide Energy Range ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Classical Models ◽  
Wide Energy ◽  
Partially Observable ◽  
Photon Interactions ◽  
Detection Strategies

The Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) is a newly formed, global collaboration dedicated to observing and studying cosmic rays (CR) and cosmic ray ensembles (CRE): groups of a minimum of two CR with a common primary interaction vertex or the same parent particle. The CREDO program embraces testing known CR and CRE scenarios, and preparing to observe unexpected physics, it is also suitable for multi-messenger and multi-mission applications. Perfectly matched to CREDO capabilities, CRE could be formed both within classical models (e.g. as products of photon-photon interactions), and exotic scenarios (e.g. as results of decay of Super Heavy Dark Matter particles), their fronts might be significantly extended in space and time, and they might include cosmic rays of energies spanning the whole cosmic ray energy spectrum. CRE are expected to be partially observable on Earth even if the initiating interaction or process occurs as far as ~1 Gpc away. They would have a footprint composed of at least two extensive air showers with correlated arrival directions and arrival times. Since CRE are mostly expected to be spread over large areas and, because of the expected wide energy range of the contributing particles, CRE detection might only be feasible when using available cosmic ray infrastructure collectively, i.e. as a globally extended network of detectors. Thus, with this review article, the CREDO Collaboration invites the astroparticle physics community to actively join or to contribute to the research dedicated to CRE, and in particular to share any cosmic ray data useful for the specific CRE detection strategies.

scholarly journals Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory: Status and Perspectives

Universe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Góra
Keyword(s):  
Time Window ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Small Time ◽  
Global Studies ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Fundamental Physics ◽  
Terra Incognita ◽  
The Status ◽  
Worldwide Network

The Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) is a project dedicated to global studies of extremely extended cosmic-ray phenomena, the cosmic-ray ensembles (CRE), beyond the capabilities of existing detectors and observatories. Up to date, cosmic-ray research has been focused on detecting single air showers, while the search for ensembles of cosmic-rays, which may overspread a significant fraction of the Earth, is a scientific terra incognita. Instead of developing and commissioning a completely new global detector infrastructure, CREDO proposes approaching the global cosmic-ray analysis objectives with all types of available detectors, from professional to pocket size, merged into a worldwide network. With such a network it is possible to search for evidences of correlated cosmic-ray ensembles. One of the observables that can be investigated in CREDO is a number of spatially isolated events collected in a small time window which could shed light on fundamental physics issues. The CREDO mission and strategy requires active engagement of a large number of participants, also non-experts, who will contribute to the project by using common electronic devices (e.g., smartphones). In this note, the status and perspectives of the project are presented.

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