The authors define “ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays”(UHECRs) as those cosmic rays with
energies above 10 18 eV. It had been anticipated that there would be a cutoff in the energy …

Fully updated for the second edition, this book introduces the growing and dynamic field of
particle astrophysics. It provides an overview of high-energy nuclei, photons and neutrinos …

We describe the physical basis and some applications of an efficient event generator
designed for Monte Carlo simulations of atmospheric cascades at ultrahigh energies. The …

This review describes the development of the physics of hadronic cross sections up to recent
LHC results and cosmic ray experiments. We present here a comprehensive review–written …

This book gives a comprehensive account of the development and present status of the field
of soft (ie non-perturbative) phenomena encountered in the production of (multi-) hadronic …

Using cosmic-ray boron to carbon ratio (B/C) data recently released by the Ams-02
experiment, we find indications (decisive evidence, in Bayesian terms) in favor of a diffusive …

This revised edition provides an up-to-date summary of the field of ultra-high energy cosmic
rays, dealing with their origin, propagation, and composition,. The authors reflect the …

Using the concept developed in earlier papers, that the cosmic rays originate in three
different main sites, a) the normal supernova explosions into the interstellar medium, b) the …

We describe a new hadronic-interaction model for the calculation of high-energy cosmic-ray
cascades in the atmosphere. High-energy muons above 0.5 TeV at production are …

The status of hadron–hadron interactions is reviewed, with emphasis on the forward and
near-forward scattering regions. Using unitarity, the optical theorem is derived. Analyticity …