Muon production height studies with the air shower experiment KASCADE-Grande

dc.creatorApel, W. D.
dc.creatorSouza, Vitor de
dc.creatoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-10T18:33:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-04T16:53:52Z
dc.date.available2016-03-10T18:33:50Z
dc.date.available2018-07-04T16:53:52Z
dc.date.created2016-03-10T18:33:50Z
dc.date.issued2011-01
dc.identifierAstroparticle Physics, Amsterdam : Elsevier BV, v. 34, n. 6, p. 476-485, Jan. 2011
dc.identifier0927-6505
dc.identifierhttp://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/49937
dc.identifier10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.10.016
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1641865
dc.description.abstractA large area (128 m2) muon tracking detector, located within the KASCADE experiment, has been built with the aim to identify muons (Eμ > 0.8 GeV) and their angular correlation in extensive air showers by track measurements under 18 r.l. shielding. Orientation of the muon track with respect to the shower axis is expressed in terms of the radial and tangential angles, which are the basic tools for all muon investigations with the tracking detector. By means of triangulation the muon production height is determined. Distributions of measured production heights are compared to CORSIKA shower simulations. Analysis of these heights reveals a transition from light to heavy cosmic ray primary particles with increasing shower energy in the energy region of the ‘Knee’ of the cosmic ray spectrum.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.publisherAmsterdam
dc.relationAstroparticle Physics
dc.rightsCopyright Elsevier B.V.
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dc.subjectCosmic rays
dc.subjectAir shower
dc.subjectMuons
dc.subjectMuon production height
dc.titleMuon production height studies with the air shower experiment KASCADE-Grande
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