https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11528-5
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
On geometrical interpretation of alignment phenomenon
1
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
2
Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, 141980, Dubna, Russia
Received:
23
January
2023
Accepted:
18
April
2023
Published online:
25
April
2023
The observed alignment of spots in the X-ray films in cosmic ray emulsion experiments is analyzed and interpreted in the framework of geometrical approach. It is shown that the high degree of alignment can appear partly due to the selection procedure of most energetic particles itself and the threshold on the energy deposition together with the transverse momentum conservation.
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