Longitudinal EAS-Development Studies in the Air-Shower Experiment KASCADE-Grande
Abstract
A large area (128 m^2) Muon Tracking Detector (MTD), located within the KASCADE experiment, has been built with the aim to identify muons (E_mu > 0.8 GeV) and their directions in extensive air showers by track measurements under more than 18 r.l. shielding. The orientation of the muon track with respect to the shower axis is expressed in terms of the radial- and tangential angles. By means of triangulation the muon production height H_mu is determined. By means of H_mu, a transition from light to heavy cosmic ray primary particle with increasing shower energy Eo from 1-10 PeV is observed. Muon pseudorapidity distributions for the first interactions above 15 km are studied and compared to Monte Carlo simulations.
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@article{arxiv.1010.2702,
title = {Longitudinal EAS-Development Studies in the Air-Shower Experiment KASCADE-Grande},
author = {P. Doll and W. D. Apel and J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez and K. Bekk and M. Bertaina and J. Blümer and H. Bozdog and I. M. Brancus and P. Buchholz and E. Cantoni and A. Chiavassa and F. Cossavella and K. Daumiller and V. de Souza and F. di Pierro and R. Engel and J. Engler and M. Finger and D. Fuhrmann and P. L. Ghia and H. J. Gils and R. Glasstetter and C. Grupen and A. Haungs and D. Heck and J. R. Hörandel and T. Huege and P. G. Isar and K. -H. Kampert and D. Kang and D. Kickelbick and H. O. Klages and K. Link and P. Łuczak and M. Ludwig and H. J. Mathes and H. J. Mayer and M. Melissas and J. Milke and B. Mitrica and C. Morello and G. Navarra and S. Nehls and J. Oehlschläger and S. Ostapchenko and S. Over and N. Palmieria and M. Petcu and T. Pierog and H. Rebel and M. Roth and H. Schieler and F. G. Schröder and O. Sima and G. Toma and G. C. Trinchero and H. Ulrich and A. Weindl and J. Wochele and M. Wommer and J. Zabierowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.2702},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Presented at the XVI International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2010), Batavia, IL, USA (28 June 2 July 2010). 4 pages, 3 figures