Photoproduction with a mini-jet model and Cosmic Ray showers

Authors

  • Fernando Cornet Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada
  • Carlos Garcia-Canal Universidad Nacional de La Plata, IFLP, CONICET, C. C. 67, 1900 La Plata,
  • Agnes Grau Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada
  • Giulia Pancheri INFN Frascati National Laboratories
  • Sergio Sciutto Universidad Nacional de La Plata, IFLP, CONICET, C. C. 67, 1900 La Plata,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23727/CERN-Proceedings-2018-001.269

Keywords:

Total photo-production cross section, mini-jet models, cosmic rays, shower development

Abstract

We present post-LHC updates of estimates of the total photo-production cross
section in a mini-jet model with infrared soft gluon resummation, and apply
the model to study Cosmic Ray shower development, comparing the results
with those obtained from other existing models.

Author Biographies

Fernando Cornet, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada

Departamento de Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Professor of Physics

Carlos Garcia-Canal, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, IFLP, CONICET, C. C. 67, 1900 La Plata,

Departamento de Física

Agnes Grau, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada

Departamento de Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Professor of Physics

Giulia Pancheri, INFN Frascati National Laboratories

Research Division, Theory Group, Senior Research Associate (retired)

Sergio Sciutto, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, IFLP, CONICET, C. C. 67, 1900 La Plata,

Departamento de Física,

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Published

2018-12-20

Issue

Vol. 1 (2018): Proceedings of the PHOTON'17 Conference

Section

New physics searches with photons, connections to astrophysics, and other topics

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