Longitudinal EAS-Development Studies in the Air-Shower Experiment   KASCADE-Grande

P. Doll; W.D. Apel; J.C. Arteaga-Vel\'azquez; K.Bekk; M. Bertaina; J.; Bl\"umer; H. Bozdog; I.M. Brancus; P. Buchholz; E. Cantoni; A. Chiavassa; F.; Cossavella; K. Daumiller; V. de Souza; F. di Pierro; R. Engel; J. Engler; M.; Finger; D. Fuhrmann; P.L. Ghia; H.J. Gils; R. Glasstetter; C. Grupen; A.; Haungs; D. Heck; J.R. H\"orandel; T. Huege; P.G. Isar; K.-H. Kampert; D.; Kang; D. Kickelbick; H.O. Klages; K. Link; P. {\L}uczak; M. Ludwig; H.J.; Mathes; H.J. Mayer; M. Melissas; J. Milke; B. Mitrica; C. Morello; G.; Navarra; S. Nehls; J. Oehlschl\"ager; S. Ostapchenko; S. Over; N. Palmieria,; M. Petcu; T. Pierog; H. Rebel; M. Roth; H. Schieler; F.G. Schr\"oder; O.; Sima; G. Toma; G.C. Trinchero; H. Ulrich; A. Weindl; J. Wochele; M. Wommer,; J. Zabierowski

arXiv:1010.2702·astro-ph.HE·October 14, 2010·2 cites

Longitudinal EAS-Development Studies in the Air-Shower Experiment KASCADE-Grande

P. Doll, W.D. Apel, J.C. Arteaga-Vel\'azquez, K.Bekk, M. Bertaina, J., Bl\"umer, H. Bozdog, I.M. Brancus, P. Buchholz, E. Cantoni, A. Chiavassa, F., Cossavella, K. Daumiller, V. de Souza, F. di Pierro, R. Engel, J. Engler, M., Finger, D. Fuhrmann, P.L. Ghia, H.J. Gils

PDF

Open Access

TL;DR

This study uses a large muon detector within the KASCADE experiment to analyze muon directions and production heights in air showers, revealing a transition from light to heavy cosmic ray primaries with increasing energy.

Contribution

It introduces a muon tracking detector capable of measuring muon angles and heights, providing new insights into cosmic ray composition at PeV energies.

Findings

01

Transition from light to heavy cosmic ray primaries observed

02

Muon pseudorapidity distributions compared with simulations

03

Determination of muon production heights in air showers

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.

Peer Reviews

No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.

Videos

No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.

Taxonomy

TopicsAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena