Probable Momentum Spectra in the Atmosphere of Long-Lived Heavy Triplets Produced by Primary Cosmic Rays

Abstract

A model of high-energy collision processes is constructed on the basis that collisions can be described in terms of a four-momentum transfer $q$, and that the spectrum of four-momentum transfers varies as $\exp (-\frac{q}{q_0})$ where $q_0$ is a parameter of the order of magnitude of 500 MeV/c. The model is used for Monte Carlo calculations of the diffusion through the atmosphere of heavy triplets produced by the nucleons of the primary cosmic radiation. The model parameters are established by fitting the attenuation length of the primary protons in their course through the atmosphere.