Fingerprint of Tsallis statistics in cosmic ray showers

We investigate the impact of the Tsallis non extensive statistics introduced by intrinsic temperature fluctuations in p-Air ultra high energy interactions on observables of cosmic ray showers, such as the slant depth of the maximum Xmax and the muon number on the ground \(n_{\mu}\). The results show that these observables are significantly affected by temperature fluctuations and agree qualitatively with the Heitler model predictions.