CR COMPOSITION AT THE BREAK AREA

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CR COMPOSITION AT THE BREAK AREA

Shaulov S.B., Cherdyntceva K.V., Chubenko A.P., Kokobaev M., Kruglov A.V., Krupchatnicova J.A.,

Nesterova N.M., Nicolskaya N.M., Pavluchenko V.P., Piscal V.V., Vildanov N.G., Vildanova L.I.

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Введение

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HADRONHADRON(Tien-Shan, 3340m)

Emulsion chambers

EAS array

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Dependencies <Nm>-Ne are compared for two groups of

EAS:-All EAS (~400 000)-EAS with families (~1700)-one EC (~6400)-two EC (2004)

Selection criteria:-EAS in circle R 20 m, with zenith angles

30°families at EC: еEeV,1 (1 ~70%)

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<N> - Ne dependencies

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What is strange here?

1. <N> - Ne dependencies coincide for two groups up to break and differ above them.

2. EAS+ are the proton events mainly and must have relatively small muon numbers, i.e.

<N> - Ne for EAS+ must lay under one for all EAS !!!

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This discrepancy with ordinary situation don’t depends of CR composition, because…

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Mix composition <

N>

Ne

Fe

Protons

- Protons with

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Possible methodical distortions

were checked:

1. Vertical moving EAS+ curve because of muon LDF difference for EAS and EAS+ -

absent as LDFs coincide2. Horizontal moving EAS+ curve because of Ne-E0 difference for EAS

and EAS+ - difference exists, but in opposite direction…

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Model (M. Tamada) E0-Ne for EAS and EAS+

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What does it means ?

1. Primary nuclei, consisting of nucleons, can’t generate EAS which have EC -quanta and relatively large <N> simultaniousely!

2. A new EAS component arise above the EAS spectrum break.

3. This component origin is unknown. - It may be part of primary CR (SQM-?) - It may be generated by CR nuclei at atmosphere (QGM-?)4. The experimental data permit to conclude

that we deal with not-nucleus component at area above EAS spectrum break!

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Ne spectrum for EAS+

Preliminary

EAS+

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Additional conclusions … It seams that the new experimental

method EAS+EC permits to resolve the break problem, so this kind experiment necessary to develop.

If a new component has an astrophysical origin and consists of SQM particles with mass ~1 TeV, then it may explains the absence of CR spectrum cut for energy ~51019 eV (GZK-effect).

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