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KASCADE and its extension array of KASCADE-Grande were devoted to measure individual air showers of cosmic rays in the primary energy range of 100 TeV to 1 EeV. The experiment has substantially contributed to investigate the energy spectrum…

The results of a study of the cosmic ray composition in individual events in the energy range (2-12.5) EeV using the muon correlation method is presented. The considered sample included showers with zenith angles less than 60 degrees…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-05 A. V. Glushkov , L. T. Ksenofontov , K. G. Lebedev , A. V. Sabourov

In this article a new method is proposed for estimating the mass composition of cosmic rays in individual events with energies above $1.25 \times 10^{19}$ eV. It is based on a joint analysis of experimental data and simulation results…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-18 A. V. Glushkov , L. T. Ksenofontov , K. G. Lebedev , A. Sabourov

The Tunka Radio Extension (Tunka-Rex) is a digital antenna array for the detection of radio emission from cosmic-ray air showers in the frequency band of 30 to 80 MHz and for primary energies above 100 PeV. The standard analysis of…

Lateral distribution functions of particles in extensive air showers with the energy $E_0 \simeq 10^{19}$ eV recorded by ground-based and underground scintillation detectors with a threshold of $E_{\mu} \simeq 1.0 \times \sec\theta$ GeV at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-29 A. V. Glushkov , K. G. Lebedev , A. V. Sabourov

We discuss the lateral distribution of charged particles in extensive air showers with energy above $10^{17}$ eV measured by surface scintillation detectors of Yakutsk EAS array. The analysis covers the data obtained during the period from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 A. V. Glushkov , A. Sabourov

The study of cosmic rays in the energy range from 1 to 1000 PeV is crucial for understanding their origins and propagation paths. As part of this research, a new SPHERE-3 installation is being developed, featuring enhanced light sensitivity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-22 V. A. Ivanov , V. I. Galkin , E. A. Bonvech , T. M. Roganova , D. V. Chernov , D. A. Podgrudkov , M. D. Ziva , V. S. Latypova , C. G. Azra , E. L. Entina

KASCADE-Grande is a new extensive air shower experiment co-located to the KASCADE site at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. The multi-detector system allows to investigate the energy spectrum, composition, and anisotropies of cosmic rays with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Karl-Heinz Kampert , KASCADE-Grande Collaboration

Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) are charged particles of energies above $10^{18}$ eV that originate outside of the Galaxy. Because the flux of the UHECRs at Earth is very small, the only practical way of observing UHECRs is by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-26 Valerio Verzi , Dmitri Ivanov , Yoshiki Tsunesada

Comparing the signals measured by the surface and underground scintillator detectors of the Yakutsk Extensive Air Shower Array, we place upper limits on the integral flux and the fraction of primary cosmic-ray photons with energies E >…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-09-16 A. V. Glushkov , I. T. Makarov , M. I. Pravdin , I. E. Sleptsov , D. S. Gorbunov , G. I. Rubtsov , S. V. Troitsky

The aim of the Yakutsk array enhancement project is to create an instrument to study the highest-energy galactic cosmic rays (CRs) -- their sources, energy spectrum, and mass composition. Additionally, there will be unique capabilities for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-24 A. A. Ivanov , S. P. Knurenko , Z. E. Petrov , M. I. Pravdin , I. Ye. Sleptsov

The KASCADE-Grande air shower experiment [W. Apel, et al. (KASCADE-Grande collaboration), Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 620 (2010) 202] consists of, among others, a large scintillator array for measurements of charged particles, Nch, and of an…

In this paper, a probable interpretation of a remarkable fine structure of all particle spectra between the knee and the ankle, as well as a high content of heavy nuclei around 10^17 eV measured recently in Tunka-133 and KASCADE Grande…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-18 L. G. Sveshnikova , E. E. Korosteleva , L. A. Kuzmichev , V. A. Prosin , V. S. Ptuskin , O. N. Strelnikova

A spectrum of cosmic rays within energy range 10^15 - 3x10^17 eV was derived from the data of the small Cherenkov setup, which is a part of the Yakutsk complex EAS array. In this, work a new series of observation is covered. These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 S. P. Knurenko , A. Sabourov

The new EAS Cherenkov array TUNKA-133, with about 1 km**2 sensitive area, is being installed in the Tunka Valley. The investigated energy range is 10**15-10**18 eV. It will consist of 133 optical detectors based on EMI9350 PMTs. Optical…

The Tunka Radio Extension (Tunka-Rex) is a digital antenna array (63 antennas distributed over 1km^2) co-located with the TAIGA observatory in Eastern Siberia. Tunka-Rex measures radio emission of air-showers induced by ultra-high energy…

We present a description of the new complex installation for the study of extensive air showers which was created at the Tien Shan mountain cosmic ray station, as well as the results of the test measurements made there in 2014-2016. At…

Tunka-Rex (Tunka Radio Extension) was a detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays measuring radio emission for air showers in the frequency band of 30-80 MHz, operating in 2010s. It provided an experimental proof that sparse radio arrays…

KASCADE-Grande and its original array of KASCADE were dedicated to measure individual air showers of cosmic rays with great detail in the primary energy range of 100 TeV up to 1 EeV. The experiment has significantly contributed to…

KASCADE-Grande is the extension of the multi-detector setup KASCADE to cover a primary cosmic ray energy range from 100 TeV to 1 EeV. The enlarged EAS experiment provides comprehensive observations of cosmic rays in the energy region around…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Grande Collaboration , LOPES Collaboration , A. F. Badea , T. Antoni , W. D. Apel , K. Bekk