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We used an analitycal method to investigate the energy-weighted lateral spread of hadronic cascades initiated by one single nucleon in the atmosphere. We obtained good results for the cosmic-ray superfamilies Halina and P3′-C5-505, detected by the Pamir Collaboration, and the superfamily Big-event, detected by the SYS Collaboration at Mt. Chacaltaya. The same method is applied successfully to the exotic events Centauro VI and VII.
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Salles, C., Bellandi, J. & Costa, C.G.S. Investigation of the energy-weighted lateral spread of superfamilies and Centauro events. Il Nuovo Cimento C 19, 405–416 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02509298
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