Published December 2009 | Version v1
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Hadronic interactions and EAS muon pseudorapidities investigated with the Muon Tracking Detector in KASCADE-Grande

Creators

  • 1. Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, P.O. Box 447, 90950 Lodz (Poland)
  • 2. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, 76021 Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 3. Institut fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universitaet Karlsruhe D-76021 Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 4. Dipartimento di Fisica Generale dell'Universita, 10125 Torino (Italy)
  • 5. National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 7690 Bucharest (Romania)
  • 6. Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Siegen, 57068 Siegen (Germany)
  • 7. Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, INAF, 10133 Torino (Italy)

Description

The Muon Tracking Detector in the KASCADE-Grande EAS experiment allows the precise measurement of shower muon directions up to 700 m distance from the shower center. This directional information is used to study the pseudorapidity of muons in EAS, closely related to the pseudorapidity of their parent mesons. Moreover, the mean value of muon pseudorapidity in a registered shower reflects the longitudinal development of its hadronic component. All of this makes it a good tool for testing hadronic interaction models. The possibilities of such tests given by the KASCADE-Grande experimental setup are discussed and an example of the obtained muon pseudorapidity spectrum is shown.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.09.020

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.09.020;
PII
S0920-5632(09)00656-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
196
Journal Page Range
p. 114-117
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
41089421
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC MUONS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; DISTANCE; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; MUON DETECTION; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; TESTING
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MUONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS; SPECTROMETERS

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