Related papers: Combined LOPES and KASCADE-Grande Data Analysis

Observation of Polarised Microwave Emission from Cosmic Ray Air Showers

We report on the first direct measurement of the basic features of microwave radio emission from extensive air showers. Using a trigger provided by the KASCADE-Grande air shower array, the signals of the microwave antennas of the CROME…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-01 R. Smida , F. Werner , R. Engel , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , K. Bekk , M. Bertaina , J. Bluemer , H. Bozdog , I. M. Brancus , A. Chiavassa , F. Cossavella , F. Di Pierro , P. Doll , B. Fuchs , D. Fuhrmann , C. Grupen , A. Haungs , D. Heck , J. R. Hoerandel , D. Huber , T. Huege , K. -H. Kampert , D. Kang , H. Klages , M. Kleifges , O. Kroemer , K. Link , P. Luczak , M. Ludwig , H. J. Mathes , H. J. Mayer , S. Mathys , M. Melissas , C. Morello , P. Neunteufel , J. Oehlschlaeger , N. Palmieri , J. Pekala , T. Pierog , J. Rautenberg , H. Rebel , M. Riegel , M. Roth , F. Salamida , H. Schieler , S. Schoo , F. G. Schroeder , O. Sima , J. Stasielak , G. Toma , G. C. Trinchero , M. Unger , M. Weber , A. Weindl , H. Wilczynski , M. Will , J. Wochele , J. Zabierowski

Recent Results from Kascade-Grande

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

Radio Detection of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

The radio technique for the detection of cosmic particles has seen a major revival in recent years. New and planned experiments in the lab and the field, such as GLUE, Anita, LUNASKA, Codalema, LOPES as well as sophisticated Monte Carlo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 Heino Falcke

Energy spectra of KASCADE-Grande based on shower size measurements and different hadronic interaction models

KASCADE-Grande is dedicated for investigations of cosmic-ray air showers in the primary energy range from 10 PeV to 1 EeV. The multi-detector system allows us to reconstruct charged particles, electron and muon numbers for individual air…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 D. Kang , W. D. Apel , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , K. Bekk , M. Bertaina , J. Bluemer , H. Bozdog , I. M. Brancus , E. Cantoni , A. Chiavassa , F. Cossavella , C. Curcio , K. Daumiller , V. de Souza , F. Di Pierro , P. Doll , R. Engel , J. Engler , B. Fuchs , D. Fuhrmann , H. J. Gils , R. Glasstetter , C. Grupen , A. Haungs , D. Heck , J. R. Hoerandel , D. Huber , T. Huege , K. -H. Kampert , H. O. Klages , K. Link , P. Luczak , M. Ludwig , H. J. Mathes , H. J. Mayer , M. Melissas , J. Milke , B. Mitrica , C. Morello , J. Oehlschlaeger , S. Ostapchenko , N. Palmieri , M. Petcu , T. Pierog , H. Rebel , M. Roth , H. Schieler , S. Schoo , F. G. Schroeder , O. Sima , G. Toma , G. C. Trinchero , H. Ulrich , A. Weindl , D. Wochele , J. Wochele , J. Zabierowski - KASCADE-Grande Collaboration

Simulation Study of the Observed Radio Emission of Air Showers by the IceTop Surface Extension

Multi-detector observations of individual air showers are critical to make significant progress to precisely determine cosmic-ray quantities such as mass and energy of individual events and thus bring us a step forward in answering the open…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-22 Alan Coleman

Correlations in energy in cosmic ray air showers radio-detected by CODALEMA

A study of the response in energy of the radio-detection method of air showers initiated by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays is presented. Data analysis of the CODALEMA experiment shows that a strong correlation can be demonstrated between the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-10-08 Ahmed Rebai , Pascal Lautridou , Alain Lecacheux , Olivier Ravel

Radio detection of cosmic ray air showers with LOPES

In the last few years, radio detection of cosmic ray air showers has experienced a true renaissance, becoming manifest in a number of new experiments and simulation efforts. In particular, the LOPES project has successfully implemented…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Tim Huege , the LOPES Collaboration

Amplitude calibration of a digital radio antenna array for measuring cosmic ray air showers

Radio pulses are emitted during the development of air showers, where air showers are generated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays entering the Earth's atmosphere. These nanosecond short pulses are presently investigated by various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 S. Nehls , A. Hakenjos , M. J. Arts , J. Bluemer , H. Bozdog , W. A. van Cappellen , H. Falcke , A. Haungs , A. Horneffer , T. Huege , P. G. Isar , O. Kroemer

First Experimental Characterization of Microwave Emission from Cosmic Ray Air Showers

We report the first direct measurement of the overall characteristics of microwave radio emission from extensive air showers. Using a trigger provided by the KASCADE-Grande air shower array, the signals of the microwave antennas of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-01 R. Smida , F. Werner , R. Engel , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , K. Bekk , M. Bertaina , J. Bluemer , H. Bozdog , I. M. Brancus , A. Chiavassa , F. Cossavella , F. Di Pierro , P. Doll , B. Fuchs , D. Fuhrmann , C. Grupen , A. Haungs , D. Heck , J. R. Hoerandel , D. Huber , T. Huege , K. -H. Kampert , D. Kang , H. Klages , M. Kleifges , O. Kroemer , K. Link , P. Luczak , M. Ludwig , H. J. Mathes , S. Mathys , H. J. Mayer , M. Melissas , C. Morello , P. Neunteufel , J. Oehlschlaeger , N. Palmieri , J. Pekala , T. Pierog , J. Rautenberg , H. Rebel , M. Riegel , M. Roth , F. Salamida , H. Schieler , S. Schoo , F. G. Schroeder , O. Sima , J. Stasielak , G. Toma , G. C. Trinchero , M. Unger , M. Weber , A. Weindl , H. Wilczynski , M. Will , J. Wochele , J. Zabierowski

KCDC - The KASCADE Cosmic-ray Data Centre

KCDC, the KASCADE Cosmic-ray Data Centre, is a web portal, where data of astroparticle physics experiments will be made available for the interested public. The KASCADE experiment, financed by public money, was a large-area detector for the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 A. Haungs , J. Bluemer , B. Fuchs , D. Kang , S. Schoo , D. Wochele , J. Wochele , W. D. Apel , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , K. Bekk , M. Bertaina , H. Bozdog , I. M. Brancus , E. Cantoni , A. Chiavassa , F. Cossavella , K. Daumiller , V. de Souza , F. Di Pierro , P. Doll , R. Engel , D. Fuhrmann , A. Gherghel-Lascu , H. J. Gils , R. Glasstetter , C. Grupen , D. Heck , J. R. Hoerandel , D. Huber , T. Huege , K. H. Kampert , H. O. Klages , K. Link , P. Luczak , H. J. Mathes , H. J. Mayer , J. Milke , B. Mitrica , C. Morello , J. Oehlschlaeger , S. Ostapchenko , N. Palmieri , M. Petcu , T. Pierog , H. Rebel , M. Roth , H. Schieler , F. G. Schroeder , O. Sima , G. Toma , G. C. Trinchero , H. Ulrich , A. Weindl , J. Zabierowski

Direction identification in radio images of cosmic-ray air showers detected with LOPES and KASCADE

AIMS: We want to understand the emission mechanism of radio emission from air showers to determine the origin of high-energy cosmic rays. Therefore, we study the geometry of the air shower radio emission measured with LOPES and search for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-17 A. Nigl

Thunderstorm Observations by Air-Shower Radio Antenna Arrays

Relativistic, charged particles present in extensive air showers lead to a coherent emission of radio pulses which are measured to identify the shower initiating high-energy cosmic rays. Especially during thunderstorms, there are additional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-29 W. D. Apel , J. C. Arteaga , L. Bähren , K. Bekk , M. Bertaina , P. L. Biermann , J. Blümer , H. Bozdog , I. M. Brancus , P. Buchholz , S. Buitink , E. Cantoni , A. Chiavassa , K. Daumiller , V. de Souza , P. Doll , M. Ender , R. Engel , H. Falcke , M. Finger , D. Fuhrmann , H. Gemmeke , C. Grupen , A. Haungs , D. Heck , J. R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , D. Huber , T. Huege , P. G. Isar , K. -H. Kampert , D. Kang , O. Krömer , J. Kuijpers , K. Link , P. Luczak , M. Ludwig , H. J. Mathes , M. Melissas , C. Morello , S. Nehls , J. Oehlschläger , N. Palmieri , T. Pierog , J. Rautenberg , H. Rebel , M. Roth , C. Rühle , A. Saftoiu , H. Schieler , A. Schmidt , F. G. Schröder , O. Sima , G. Toma , G. C. Trinchero , A. Weindl , J. Wochele , M. Wommer , J. Zabierowski , J. A. Zensus

LOPES 3D - vectorial measurements of radio emission from cosmic ray induced air showers

LOPES 3D is able to measure all three components of the electric field vector of the radio emission from air showers. This allows a better comparison with emission models. The measurement of the vertical component increases the sensitivity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-29 W. D. Apel , J. C. Arteaga , L. Bähren , K. Bekk , M. Bertaina , P. L. Biermann , J. Blümer , H. Bozdog , I. M. Brancus , A. Chiavassa , K. Daumiller , V. de Souza , F. Di Pierro , P. Doll , R. Engel , H. Falcke , B. Fuchs , D. Fuhrmann , H. Gemmeke , C. Grupen , A. Haungs , D. Heck , J. R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , D. Huber , T. Huege , P. G. Isar , K. -H. Kampert , D. Kang , O. Krömer , J. Kuijpers , K. Link , P. Luczak , M. Ludwig , H. J. Mathes , M. Melissas , C. Morello , J. Oehlschläger , N. Palmieri , T. Pierog , J. Rautenberg , H. Rebel , M. Roth , C. Rühle , A. Saftoiu , H. Schieler , A. Schmidt , F. G. Schröder , O. Sima , G. Toma , G. C. Trinchero , A. Weindl , J. Wochele , J. Zabierowski , J. A. Zensus

KASCADE: Astrophysical results and tests of hadronic interaction models

KASCADE is a multi-detector setup to get redundant information on single air shower basis. The information is used to perform multiparameter analyses to solve the threefold problem of the reconstruction of (i)the unknown primary energy,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-18 A. Haungs , T. Antoni

Dissecting the knee - Air shower measurements with KASCADE

Recent results of the KASCADE air shower experiment are presented in order to shed some light on the astrophysics of cosmic rays in the region of the knee in the energy spectrum. The results include investigations of high-energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. R. Hoerandel et al

Results from recent analysis of KASCADE-Grande data

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-11 D. Kang , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , M. Bertaina , A. Chiavassa , K. Daumiller , V. de Souza , R. Engel , A. Gherghel-Lascu , C. Grupen , A. Haungs , J. R. Hörandel , T. Huege , K. -H. Kampert , K. Link , H. J. Mathes , S. Ostapchenko , T. Pierog , D. Rivera-Rangel , M. Roth , H. Schieler , F. G. Schröder , O. Sima , A. Weindl , J. Wochele , J. Zabierowski

KASCADE-Grande measurements of energy spectra for elemental groups of cosmic rays

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-27 Grande Collaboration , W. D. Apel , J. C. Arteaga-Velàzquez , K. Bekk , M. Bertaina , J. Blümer , H. Bozdog , I. M. Brancus , E. Cantoni , A. Chiavassa , F. Cossavella , K. Daumiller , V. de Souza , F. Di Pierro , P. Doll , R. Engel , J. Engler , M. Finger , B. Fuchs , D. Fuhrmann , H. J. Gils , R. Glasstetter , C. Grupen , A. Haungs , D. Heck , J. R. Hörandel , D. Huber , T. Huege , K. -H. Kampert , D. Kang , H. O. Klages , K. Link , P. Łuczak , M. Ludwig , H. J. Mathes , H. J. Mayer , M. Melissas , J. Milke , B. Mitrica , C. Morello , J. Oehlschläger , S. Ostapchenko , N. Palmieri , M. Petcu , T. Pierog , H. Rebel , M. Roth , H. Schieler , S. Schoo , F. G. Schröder , O. Sima , G. Toma , G. C. Trinchero , H. Ulrich , A. Weindl , J. Wochele , M. Wommer , J. Zabierowski

The radio emission pattern of air showers as measured with LOFAR - a tool for the reconstruction of the energy and the shower maximum

The pattern of the radio emission of air showers is finely sampled with the Low-Frequency ARray (LOFAR). A set of 382 measured air showers is used to test a fast, analytic parameterization of the distribution of pulse powers. Using this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Nelles , S. Buitink , A. Corstanje , J. E. Enriquez , H. Falcke , J. R. Hörandel , J. P. Rachen , L. Rossetto , P. Schellart , O. Scholten , S. ter Veen , S. Thoudam , T. N. G. Trinh

First measurements with prototype radio antennas for the IceTop detector array

Extending large-scale air-shower arrays with radio antennas can increase the detector's performance, as the radio emission by cosmic-ray air showers provides an additional measurement of the electromagnetic component. Instrumenting the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-29 Max Renschler

Status of the KASCADE-Grande Experiment

The status and capabilities of the KASCADE-Grande extensive air shower experiment are presented. The installation is located at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe and comprises a large collecting area (0.5 km^2) electromagnetic array (Grande)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 K. -H. Kampert et al.