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Preliminary results are reported from an investigation of the temporal structure of the muon disk in extensive air showers (EASs) with primary energy E 0≥6×1016eV at distances 100–1500 m from the axis. The investigation is performed at the Yakutsk array using the large muon detector, which commenced operation in November 1995, with a planned area 184 m2 and a detection threshold E μ≈0.5· sec θ GeV. For E 0>1018eV it is found that the thickness of the muon disk tends to decrease. This requires substantial changes in our notions of the development of EASs.
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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 67, No. 6, 361–366 (25 March 1998)
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Glushkov, A.V., Kosarev, V.B., Makarov, I.T. et al. Temporal structure of the muon disk at large distances from the axis of extensive air showers with E 0⩾6 ×1016eV. Jetp Lett. 67, 383–388 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567678
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