Abstract
The nucleon pion cascade in the upper atmosphere is treated by an extension of the Fermi theory of pion production. The cascade equations are solved by an expansion in powers of the atmospheric depth. The contribution of primary alpha particles is considered in detail. The results are applied to the calculation of the attenuation mean free path of the nucleonic component and the ratio of neutral to charged nuclear particles.
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