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Electron density distributions in air shower cores recorded with the 32 m2 neon hodoscope of the Kiel array have been analysed, looking for the existence of significant multicores which might result from large transverse momentum emission of high energy particles. The shower sizes are between 104 and 5×106 particles, corresponding to primary energies up to a few times 107 GeV. Several spurious effects simulating multicores have been found, but there are no indications for the existence of large transverse momenta.
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These investigations are part of the thesis of M. Samorski. We are grateful to Professor E. Bagge for his continuous interest in this work. The assistence of Mrs. D. Braun, Miss K. Schulze, Mr. K. Sauertand, Mr. K. H. Liebst and Mr. W. Winkel is greatly acknowledged. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has supported this work by the grants Tr 11/2 and Tr 11/4.
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Samorski, M., Staubert, R., Trümper, J. et al. An analysis of electron density fluctuations in air shower cores and the question of large transverse momenta. Z. Physik 230, 1–17 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01394578
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01394578