Comparison between COSMOS and CORSIKA

Comparison between COSMOS and CORSIKA SOONYOUNG ROH CNU

Number of particles

Primary particle : e+, e[Xmax [g/cm2]]

CORSIKA=580 COSMOS[on]=600

Primary particle : γ [Xmax [g/cm2]] CORSIKA=600 COSMOS[on]=625

depth Primary : Proton , E0=1018eV

[particle distribution] - Mean values

Primary particle : μ+, μ[Xmax [g/cm2]]

Number of particles

Primary particle : hadron

[Xmax [g/cm2]] CORSIKA=585 COSMOS[on]=625

CORSIKA=725 COSMOS[on]=650

2e+06 1e+06

depth

Primary : Proton , E0=1018eV

[particle distribution] - Mean values

μ+,

μ-

Primary particle : [Xmax [g/cm2]]

Number of particles

Primary particle : hadron

[Xmax [g/cm2]] CORSIKA=515 COSMOS[on]=575

CORSIKA=680 COSMOS[on]=650

3e+06 1e+06

depth

Primary : Fe, E0=1018eV

[particle distribution] - Mean values

PROTON, 1018eV CORSIKA COSMOS CORSIKA COSMOS CORSIKA COSMOS

Gamma

Electron

Muon

Hadron

Neutrino

-

2.76e+08

7.56e+06

1.77e+06

-

-

2.51e+08 8.426e+06 4.72e+06

-

Energy loss Energy Cut Ground

1.80e+08

3.18e+08

5.65e+05

1.00e+06

2.62e+07

1.83e+08

3.26e+08

?

3.03e+06

1.58e+06

8.65e+07

5.03e+07

5.40e+07

6.52e+07

1.03e+07

7.77e+07

4.33e+07

5.26e+07

4.39e+07

3.16e+07

COSMOS

CORSIKA

Energy conservation

1.027E+09

1.019E+09

Energy loss

2.641E+08

2.853E+08

Energy cut

5.136E+08

5.258E+08

Ground

2.391E+08

2.076E+08

Ng

gamma e-

e+

Log10(kin. energy) [GeV]

μ-

μ+

1. CORSIKA 2. 1018eV 3. proton

H.M.J Barbosa et al (2004)