Latest results and perspectives of the KASCADE-Grande EAS Facility

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作者
Haungs, A. [1 ]
Apel, W. D. [1 ]
Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C. [2 ]
Bekk, K. [1 ]
Bertaina, M. [3 ]
Bluemer, J. [1 ,2 ]
Bozdog, H. [1 ]
Brancus, I. M. [4 ]
Buchholz, P. [5 ]
Cantoni, E. [3 ,6 ]
Chiavassa, A. [3 ]
Cossavella, F. [2 ]
Daumiller, K. [1 ]
de Souza, V. [2 ]
Di Pierro, F. [3 ]
Doll, P. [1 ]
Engel, R. [1 ]
Engler, J. [1 ]
Finger, M. [2 ]
Fuhrmann, D. [7 ]
Ghia, P. L. [6 ]
Gils, H. J. [1 ]
Glasstetter, R. [7 ]
Grupen, C. [5 ]
Heck, D. [1 ]
Hoerandel, J. R. [2 ]
Huege, T. [1 ]
Isar, P. G. [1 ]
Kampert, K. -H. [7 ]
Kang, D. [2 ]
Kickelbick, D. [5 ]
Klages, H. O. [1 ]
Link, K. [2 ]
Luczak, P. [8 ]
Ludwig, M. [2 ]
Mathes, H. J. [1 ]
Mayer, H. J. [1 ]
Melissas, M. [2 ]
Milke, J. [1 ]
Mitrica, B. [4 ]
Morello, C.
Navarra, G. [3 ]
Nehls, S. [1 ]
Oehlschlaeger, J. [1 ]
Ostapchenko, S. [1 ]
Over, S. [5 ]
Palmieri, N. [2 ]
Petcu, M. [4 ]
Pierog, T. [1 ]
Rebel, H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Kernphys, Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Expt Kernphys, Karlsruhe, Germany
[3] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Gen, I-10124 Turin, Italy
[4] Natl Inst Phys & Nucl Engn, Bucharest, Romania
[5] Univ Siegen, Fachbereich Phys, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
[6] Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario, INAF Torino, Turin, Italy
[7] Univ Wuppertal, Fachbereich Phys, Wuppertal, Germany
[8] Soltan Inst Nucl Studies, Lodz, Poland
[9] Univ Bucharest, Dept Phys, Bucharest, Romania
关键词
Cosmic ray air shower; KASCADE-Grande; Energy spectrum radio detection;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.126
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
KASCADE-Grande is a multi-detector experiment at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) in Germany for measuring extensive air showers in the primary energy range of 100 TeV to 1 EeV. This paper does not provide a synopsis of all results of the KASCADE-Grande experiment. Rather it is focused on three aspects of current interests illustrating the advantages of a multi-detector facility. Results on the analysis of individual energy spectra of primary mass groups around the knee obtained by unfolding the shower size measurements of KASCADE with the help of the new hadronic interaction model EPOS and the all-particle energy spectrum at higher energies obtained by Grande measurements will be discussed. As KASCADE-Grande serves also as host of the LOPES radio detection experiment where both experiments measure the same showers, special emphasis will be given in comparing the characteristics and feasibility of both techniques in estimating the main parameters of high-energy primary cosmic rays: energy, composition, and arrival direction. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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