Published December 2009 | Version v1
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Muon Production Height investigated by the Air-Shower Experiment KASCADE-Grande

Creators

  • 1. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, 76021 Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 2. Institut fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universitaet Karlsruhe D-76021 Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica Generale dell'Universita, 10125 Torino (Italy)
  • 4. National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 7690 Bucharest (Romania)
  • 5. Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Siegen, 57068 Siegen (Germany)
  • 6. Instituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, INAF, 10133 Torino (Italy)

Description

A large area (128m2) Muon Tracking Detector (MTD), located within the KASCADE experiment, has been built with the aim to identify muons (Eμ>0.8GeV) 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 Hμ is determined. By means of Hμ, a transition from light to heavy cosmic ray primary particles with increasing shower energy Eo from 1-10 PeV is observed.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.09.059

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.09.059;
PII
S0920-5632(09)00695-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
196
Journal Page Range
p. 305-308
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
15. international symposium on very high energy cosmic ray interactions
Acronym
ISVHECRI 2008
Dates
1-6 Sep 2009
Place
Paris (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41089459
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC RAY DETECTION; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; MUON DETECTION; ORIENTATION; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE TRACKS; PEV RANGE; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; DETECTION; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS; SPECTROMETERS

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