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G. V. Nikolayeva

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arXiv2005

Estimate of the Mass Composition of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays

It is proposed a new approach for estimating the composition of cosmic rays. It is found that the zenith angle distributions and muon components of EAS for energies E>10^19 eV and E>4.10^19 eV differ from each other. It is shown that the cosmic rays above E>4.10^19 eV is heavier than the cosmic rays at energy E~ 10^19 eV. According to our estimation the SUGAR array detected 8 showers above 10^20 eV. It is concluded that no sign of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin (GZK) cut off in the spectrum of cosmic rays and all cosmic rays are galactic.

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arXiv2004

Deficit of Ultrahigh Energy Extensive Air Showers

Arrival directions of extensive air showers by using world data are considered. It is shown that distributions of showers in zenith angle at E>10^{19}eV and E>4.10^{19}eV differ from each other. On this basis the conclusions are made: the estimation of the energy of inclined showers at E>4.10^{19}eV at Yakutsk and AGASA arrays is incorrect; the cosmic ray spectrum is not break up and most likely continued up to E=10^{20}eV and higher. It is found that ultrahigh energy cosmic rays are, probably, superheavy nuclei.

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