Foreword ........................................................ v
Committees .................................................... vii
Photograph ..................................................... ix
Scientific Program ............................................. xi
Review Talks
Ultra high energy cosmic rays
J.W. Cronin .................................................. 3
The interconnection between cosmic ray results and
accelerator results
L.W. Jones .................................................. 10
Study of nuclear interactions by emulsion chambers at
Mt. Chacaltaya
A. Ohsawa ................................................... 16
Cosmic ray composition and energy spectrum above 1 TeV:
direct and EAS measurements
A. Castellina ............................................... 35
Underground experiments for cosmic ray physics: results
and future projects
S. Cecchini ................................................. 48
The origin of ultra-high energy cosmic ray: new physics
and astrophysics
A.V. Olinto ................................................. 66
Contributed Papers
Self-organized criticality in atmospheric cascades
M. Rybczyńiski, Z. Włodarczyk and G. Wilk ................... 81
Muons from strangelets
M. Rybczyńiski, Z. Włodarczyk and G. Wilk ................... 85
Cosmic ray issues for accelerator experiments
L.W. Jones .................................................. 89
Recent results of KASCADE: phenomenology of extensive air
showers
G. Schatz, T. Antoni, W.D. Apel, F. Badea, K. Bekk, K.
Bernlöhr, H. Blümer, E. Bollmann, H. Bozdog, I.M.
Brancus, C. Büttner, A. Chilingarian, K. Daumiller, P.
Doll, J. Engler, F. Feßler, H.J. Gils, R. Glasstetter,
R. Haeusler, W. Hafemann, A. Haungs, D. Heck, J.R.
Hörandel, T. Holst, K.-H. Kampert, J. Kempa, H.O. Klages,
J. Knapp, D. Martello, H.J. Mathes, P. Matussek, H.J.
Mayer, J. Milke, D. Mühlenberg, J. Oehlschläger, M. Petcu,
H. Rebel, M. Risse, M. Roth, T. Thouw, H. Ulrich, A.
Vardanyan, B. Vulpescu, J.H. Weber, J. Wentz, T. Wiegert,
J. Wochele, J. Zabierowski and S. Zagromski ................. 93
Towards the energy spectrum and composition of primary cosmic
rays in the knee region: methods and results at KASCADE
A. Haungs, T. Antoni, W.D. Apel, F. Badea, K. Bekk,
K. Bernlöhr, H. Blümer, E. Bollmann, H. Bozdog, I.M.
Brancus, C. Büttner, A. Chilingarian, K. Daumiller,
P. Doll, J. Engler, F. Feßler, H.J. Gils, R.
Glasstetter, R. Haeusler, W. Hafemann, D. Heck,
J.R. Hörandel, T. Holst, K.-H. Kampert, J. Kempa,
H.O. Klages, J. Knapp, D. Martello, H.J. Mathes,
P. Matussek, H.J. Mayer, J. Milke, D. Mühlenberg, J.
Oehlschläger, M. Petcu, H. Rebel, M. Risse, M. Roth,
G. Schatz, T. Thouw, H. Ulrich, A. Vardanyan, B.
Vulpescu, J.H. Weber, J. Wentz, T. Wiegert, J. Wochele,
J. Zabierowski and S. Zagromski ............................. 97
Test and analysis of hadronic interaction models with KASCADE
event rates
M. Risse, T. Antoni, W.D. Apel, F. Badea, K. Bekk,
K. Bernlöhr, H. Blümer, E. Bollmann, H.
Bozdog, I.M. Brancus, C. Büttner, A. Chilingarian,
K. Daumiller, P. Doll, J. Engler, F. Feßler, H.J.
Gils, R. Glasstetter, R. Haeusler, W. Hafemann, A.
Haungs, D. Heck, J.R. Hörandel, T. Holst, K.-H.
Kampert, J. Kempa, H.O. Klages, J. Knapp, D.
Martello, H.J. Mathes, P. Matussek, H.J. Mayer, J.
Milke, D. Mühlenberg, J. Oehlschläger, M. Petcu,
H. Rebel, M. Roth, G. Schatz, T. Thouw, H. Ulrich, A.
Vardanyan, B. Vulpescu, J.H. Weber, J. Wentz, T. Wiegert,
J. Wochele, J. Zabierowski and S. Zagromski ................ 101
NESTOR neutrino telescope status report
P.K.F. Grieder ............................................. 105
The project of comprehensive cosmic ray investigations with
mountain elevation experimental setups in the energy range
1015-1018 eV
S.A. Slavatinsky ........................................... 109
High energy gamma-families with halo and mass composition
of primary cosmic rays in energy region above 10 PeV
A.S. Borisov, Z.M. Guseva, S.A. Karpova, J. Kempa, A.
Krys, V.M. Maximenko, V.S. Puchkov and S.A. Slavatinsky .... 113
Absorption of gamma-families in the atmosphere at the
level of the Pamirs
A.S. Borisov, Z.M. Guseva, V.G. Denisova, E.A.
Kanevskaya, S.A. Karpova, V.M. Maximenko, R.A.
Mukhamedshin, V.S. Puchkov and S.A. Slavatinsky ............ 116
On the nature of gamma-hadron family alignment
A.S. Borisov, R.A. Mukhamedshin, V.S. Puchkov, S.A.
Slavatinsky and G.B. Zdanov ................................ 118
Phenomenological approach to the problem of alignment
R.A. Mukhamedshin .......................................... 122
Multiple production and coplanar emission
J.-N. Capdevielle .......................................... 126
The distribution of E·R in e-γ families
A. Haungs, A. Iwan and J. Kempa ............................ 130
Test of high-energy interaction models with data of the
emulsion chamber experiment PAMIR
A. Haungs, J. Kempa and J. Malinowski ...................... 134
Inelasticity fluctuations and the efficiency of emulsion
chambers for hadrons
G. Schatz and J. Oehlschläger .............................. 138
A new detector for the measurement of the energy spectrum
of cosmic ray nuclei in the TeV region
J.R. Hörandel, F.H. Gahbauer, G. Hermann, D. Müller,
S.P Swordy and S.R Wakely .................................. 142
Characteristics of hadron-induced showers observed by
the Pamir thick lead chambers
M. Tamada and A. Ohsawa .................................... 146
A study on the penetrating nature of gamma- and
hadron-induced cascade showers in the two-storey
emulsion chambers
M. Tamada .................................................. 150
Hadron/gamma identification of showers observed by EC's
Y. Fujimoto, V.V. Kopenkin, A. Ohsawa and M. Tamada ......... 154
Study of hadronic component in air showers at Mt. Chacaltaya
C. Aguirre, H. Aoki, K. Hashimoto, K. Honda, N. Inoue,
N. Kawasumi, Y. Maeda, N. Martinic, N. Ohmori, A. Ohsawa,
K. Shinozaki, M. Tamada, R. Ticona and I. Tsushima ......... 158
Arrival directions and chemical composition of
ultrahigh energy cosmic rays
A.A. Mikhailov ............................................. 162
LAAS network observation of air showers
N. Ochi, T. Wada, Y. Yamashita, I. Yamamoto and
T. Nakatsuka ............................................... 165
Search for coincident air showers in the network observation
N. Ochi, T. Wada, Y Yamashita, I. Yamamoto and
T. Nakatsuka ............................................... 169
Anisotropy of successive air showers
N. Ochi, T. Wada, Y Yamashita, A. Ohashi, I. Yamamoto
and T. Nakatsuka ........................................... 173
Angular distributions of hadrons and gammas in
Pamir emulsion calorimeter
J. Kempa, J. Malinowski, H. Bialobrzeska, M. Linke
and A. Podgorzak ........................................... 177
Mass composition of primary cosmic rays for energies of
10-1000 TeV on the basis of the Pamir experiment results
J. Malinowski .............................................. 181
Hadronic structures of extensive air shower cores
J. Kempa and M. Samorski ................................... 185
New approach to separation of electromagnetic and hadron
cascades and to energy measurement in detection of primary
particles
R.A. Mukhamedshin .......................................... 189
Using top-c for commodity parallel computing in cosmic
ray physics simulations
G. Alverson, L.A. Anchordoqui, G. Cooperman, V. Grinberg,
T.P McCauley, T. Paul, S. Reucroft and J.D. Swain .......... 193
Simulation of water Cerenkov detectors using geant4
L.A. Anchordoqui, T.P McCauley, T. Paul, S. Reucroft,
J.D. Swain and L. Taylor ................................... 196
Fractal electromagnetic showers
L.A. Anchordoqui, M. Kirasirova, T.P. McCauley, T. Paul,
S. Reucroft and J.D. Swain ................................. 199
A pot of gold at the end of the cosmic "raynbow"?
L.A. Anchordoqui, M.T. Dova, T.P. McCauley, T. Paul,
S. Reucroft and J.D. Swain ................................. 203
Cosmic rays tell us on supernova explosion in the
nearby interstellar space
Y. Stozhkov, V. Okhlopkov and P. Pokrevsky ................. 207
Observation of γ-sources using a new reconstruction
technique in the CLUE experiment
B. Bartoli, D. Bastieri, C. Bigongiari, R. Biral, M.A.
Ciocci, M. Cresti, V. Dokoutchaeva, D. Kartashov, F.
Liello, N. Malakhov, M. Mariotti, G. Marsella, A.
Menzione, R. Paoletti, L. Peruzzo, A. Piccioli, R. Pegna,
F. Rosso, A. Saggion, G. Sartori, C. Sbarra, A. Scribano,
E. Smogailov, A. Stamerra and N. Turini ................... 211
TeV gamma-ray emission from point sources: galactic and
extragalactic
V.G. Sinitsyna, T.P. Arsov, A.Y. Alaverdyan, I.A. Ivanov,
S.I. Nikolsky, F.M. Musin, R.M. Mirzafatihov, G.F.
Platonov, V.Y Sinitsyna, A.N. Galitskov and I.V. Oblakov ... 215
Evidence of TeV gamma-ray radiation in supernova remnant
Cygnus X-3
V.G. Sinitsyna, T.P. Arsov, A.Y Alaverdyan, I.A. Ivanov,
S.I. Nikolsky, F.M. Musin, R.M. Mirzafatihov, G.F.
Platonov, V.Y Sinitsyna, A.N. Galitskov, I.V. Oblakov and
J.-N. Capdevielle .......................................... 219
Lateral distributions, localization methods, ρ(600), size
and energy determination in giant EAS
J.-N. Capdevielle, C. Le Gall, J. Gawin, I. Kurp,
M. Matraszek, B. Szabelska, J. Szabelski and T. Wibig ...... 223
CASTOR: Centauro And STrange Object Research in nucleus-
nucleus collisions at the LHC
A.L.S. Angelis, J. Bartke, M.Yu. Bogolyubsky, E. Gtadysz
-Dziaduś, Yu.V Kharlov, A.B. Kurepin, A.I. Maevskaya, G.
Mavromanolakis, A.D. Panagiotou, S.A. Sadovsky, P.
Stefanski and Z. Włodarczyk ................................ 227
Diffuse reflectivity of Tyvek in air and water, and
anisotropical effects
J.C. Arteaga Velázquez, C. Vázquez López and A. Zepeda ..... 231
Status of the solution to the solar neutrino problem based
on non-standard neutrino interactions
S. Bergmann, M.M. Guzzo, P.C. de Holanda, R.I. Krastev
and H. Nunokawa ............................................ 235
Muon bremsstrahlung and muonic pair production in
air showers
A.N. Cillis and S.J. Sciutto ............................... 239
Multiplicity spectra of muon bundles deep underground
A.E. Chudakov, A.S. Lidvansky, A.L. Tsyabuk, A.V.
Voevodsky and J. Szabelski ................................. 243
The acceptance of fluorescence detectors for quasi
horizontal showers induced by weak interacting particles
J.C. Díaz, R.C. Shellard and M.G. Amaral ................... 247
Geometrical reconstruction of UHE cosmic rays detected
by fluorescent detectors
J.C. Díaz, R.C. Shellard and M.G. Amaral ................... 251
Artificial Neural Networks for the shower reconstruction
of gamma-showers in the energy range [20-300] GeV
D. Dumora, G.M. Maneva, J. Procureur, D.A. Smith
and P.P. Temnikov .......................................... 255
Behaviour of the EAS electron-photon and muon component
characteristics in the knee region at mountain altitudes
V.S. Eganov, A.P. Garyaka, E.V. Korkotian, R.M.
Martirosov, H.E. Sogoyan, M.Z. Zazyan, E.A. Mamidjanian
and J. Procureur ........................................... 259
Possibility to determine the mass composition from the
GAMMA experimental data
A.R Garyaka, R.M. Martirosov, J. Procureur and
M.Z. Zazyan ................................................ 263
The "knee" in the primary cosmic ray spectrum as consequence
of the anomalous diffusion of the particles in the fractal
interstellar medium
A.A. Lagutin, Yu.A. Nikulin and V.V. Uchaikin .............. 267
Application of Markov model of random medium for the
interpretation of experimental results on muon intensity
measurements at underground installations
A.A. Lagutin, V.V. Uchaikin, A.V. Yushkov and
V.V. Makarov ............................................... 271
Lateral distribution of electrons in EAS at superhigh
energies: predictions and experimental data
A.A. Lagutin and R.I. Raikin ............................... 274
Connection between UHECR's and supermassive relic particles
L.L. Lengruber and R. Rosenfeld ............................ 278
The influence of using plastic scintillators in the
determination of extensive air showers parameters
M.A.L. de Oliveira and J.A. Chinellato ..................... 282
Study of the influence of redshift on pathlengths of UHE gammas
R.C. Rigitano .............................................. 286
Analysis of the Cerenkov time profile as a technique
to distinguish the primary particle
L.V de Souza Filho and C. Dobrigkeit ....................... 290
The response of the EAS muon component in the GAMMA
installation
M.Z. Zazyan, A.P. Garyaka, R.M. Martirosov and J. Procureur ... 294
List of Participants .......................................... 299
Author Index .................................................. 303
General Information ........................................... 307
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