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Contemporary models of hadronic interactions are reviewed. Basic phenomenological approaches are compared, with an emphasizes on the predicted air shower characteristics. Special attention is payed to the remaining discrepancies between present hadronic MC generators and cosmic ray data. Finally, future prospects concerning model improvements are discussed, in particular, regarding the possibilities to discriminate between different models on the basis of accelerator or cosmic ray measurements.
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Ostapchenko, S.S. Models for cosmic ray interactions. Czech J Phys 56 (Suppl 1), A149–A159 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10582-006-0151-1
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