Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Hadrons serve as the "skeleton" of Extensive Air Shower (EAS), carrying critical information about cosmic ray composition and energy. Electron-Neutron Detector Array (ENDA) is capable of detecting the electromagnetic components generated by EAS as well as the secondary thermal neutrons produced by hadrons. This report simulates the response of the ENDA detector and conducts an investigation into the lateral distribution of thermal neutrons using simulated data. By selecting various parameters, the fitting performance of different functional models for the thermal neutron’s lateral distribution is evaluated. The results indicate that a double exponential function exhibits superior fitting performance for the lateral distribution of thermal neutrons. These findings provide a basis for optimizing the modeling approach for thermal neutron lateral distributions.
DOI: 10.22323/1.501.0265
Authors: Wei Gao, Fan Ping Li, Hu Liu, Xin Hua Ma, Shu Wang Cui, Tian Lu Chen, Danzengluobu, Wen Chao Gao, Xin Rui Gao, Zi Ao Gong, Hai Bing Hu, Denis Kuleshov, Kirill Kurinov, Bing Bing Li, Jia Heng Li, Yang Li, Mao Yuan Liu, Ye Liu, Xi An Pan, Da Yu Peng, Yao Hui Qi, Dong Qu, OLeg B. Shchegolev, Yuri Stenkin, Tian Shuang Yang, Li Qiao Yin, Heng Yu Zhang, Hui Qian Zhang, Liang Wei Zhang, Shi Yuan Zhang
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4414420653