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Spatial distribution of Čerenkov radiation of extensive air shower particles with energies 1013–1016 eV is simulated by the CORSIKA code for conditions and configuration of the Tunka-25 facility. Based on the calculated results, sets of approximating functions are constructed for different primary particles and zenith angles. A comparison of the calculated spatial distribution functions of Čerenkov light with the functions measured on the Tunka-25 facility demonstrates the feasibility of identification of the particle initiating the shower and determination of its energy in the vicinity of the bend point of the cosmic ray spectrum.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 7–13, October, 2005.
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Al-Rubaiee, A.A., Gress, O.A., Lokhtin, K.S. et al. Modeling and parameterization of the spatial distribution of Čerenkov light from extensive air showers. Russ Phys J 48, 1004–1011 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-006-0019-7
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