A study of fluctuations in extensive air showers simulated by Monte Carlo methods

摘要

We have simulated the interactions of high energy gamma rays and protons with the terrestrial atmosphere, and studied the ground level behaviour of the distributions of secondary e(+), e(-). The fluctuation seen in these distributions show the typical aspect of flicker noise. We show how deconvolution of this noise leads to an improved gamma/hadron discrimination in a simple separation scheme. [References: 19]