Published April 2001
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Journal article
Towards the energy spectrum and composition of primary cosmic rays in the knee region: methods and results at KASCADE
Creators
- Haungs, A.
- Antoni, T.
- Apel, W.D.
- Badea, F.
- Bekk, K.
- Bernloehr, K.
- Bluemer, H.
- Bollmann, E.
- Bozdog, H.
- Brancus, I.M.
- Buettner, C.
- Chilingarian, A.
- Daumiller, K.
- Doll, P.
- Engler, J.
- Fessler, F.
- Gils, H.J.
- Glasstetter, R.
- Haeusler, R.
- Hafemann, W.
- Heck, D.
- Hoerandel, J.R.
- Holst, T.
- Kampert, K.-H.
- Kempa, J.
- Klages, H.O.
- Knapp, J.
- Martello, D.
- Mathes, H.J.
- Matussek, P.
- Mayer, H.J.
- Milke, J.
- Muehlenberg, D.
- Oehlschlaeger, J.
- Petcu, M.
- Rebel, H.
- Risse, M.
- Roth, M.
- Schatz, G.
- Thouw, T.
- Ulrich, H.
- Vardanyan, A.
- Vulpescu, B.
- Weber, J.H.
- Wentz, J.
- Wiegert, T.
- Wochele, J.
- Zabierowski, J.
- Zagromski, S.
Description
KASCADE (KArlsruhe Shower Core and Array DEtector) is a multi-detector setup to observe the electromagnetic, muonic and hadronic air shower components simultaneously at primary energies in the region of the 'knee'. A large number of observables per single shower are registered. The main aims of the experiment are the determination of the primary energy spectrum around the 'knee' and the energy variation of the chemical composition. The measurements reveal an increasing mean mass of the primary cosmic rays above the observed kink, and a sharper knee for the light primary component than for the all-particle spectrum, and the absence of a knee for the heavy component between 1 and 10 PeV
Additional details
Identifiers
- PII
- S0920563201012038;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
- Journal Volume
- 97
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 97-100
- ISSN
- 0920-5632
- CODEN
- NPBSE7
Conference
- Title
- 11. international symposium on very high energy cosmic ray interactions
- Dates
- 17-21 Jul 2000
- Place
- Campinas (Brazil)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34064736
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY SPECTRA; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; HADRONS; MUONS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PEV RANGE; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS; SPECTRA
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.