New Indications of Changing the Regime of Multiple Production at Superhigh Energies

Abstract

The effect of alignment of secondary particles (products of hadron interactions at superhigh energies $E^\mathrm{in}\geq5\cdot10^{6}$ GeV) as a "fan", which has been observed in cosmic rays, is analysed. It is shown that its main specific features are well described within the model that we proposed twenty years ago to explain sharp anomalies in the process of multiple production, which are observed in the same energy range. This model assumes that quarks have internal massive degrees of freedom. Some consequences of the used approach are discussed, which may be important for the multiple process in the above-mentioned region.