The probability distribution functions for the numbers of electrons, muons, and pions, the cascade parameter S, and the energy carried by nuclear-active particles in EAS

Abstract

The correlation matrix is analyzed for the following variates: the numbers of electrons, muons, and pions, the cascade parameter S, and the energy carried by nuclear-active particles in EAS. It is shown that large values of the correlation coefficients may be connected with the mutual dependence of several components in EAS. As an example the bivariate distribution figures for the cascade parameter S and the number of electrons and for the number of nuclear-active particles with energy above 10³ GeV and the energy carried by such particles are presented. The whole analysis is given for showers generated by protons with an energy of 10⁷ GeV at sea level.