Hadronic interactions and EAS muon pseudorapidities investigated with the Muon Tracking Detector in KASCADE-Grande

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Zabierowski, J. [1 ]
Apel, W. D. [2 ]
Arteaga, J. C. [3 ]
Badea, F. [2 ]
Bekk, K. [2 ]
Bertaina, M. [4 ]
Bluemer, H. [2 ,3 ]
Bozdog, H. [2 ]
Brancus, I. M. [5 ]
Brueggemann, M. [6 ]
Buchholz, P. [6 ]
Cantoni, E. [4 ,7 ]
Chiavassa, A. [4 ]
Cossavella, F. [3 ]
Daumiller, K. [2 ]
de Souza, V. [3 ]
Di Pierro, F. [4 ]
Doll, P. [2 ]
Engel, R. [2 ]
Engler, J. [2 ]
Finger, M. [2 ]
Fuhrmann, D. [8 ]
Ghia, P. L. [7 ]
Gils, H. J. [2 ]
Glasstetter, R. [8 ]
Grupen, C. [6 ]
Haungs, A. [2 ]
Heck, D. [2 ]
Hoerandel, J. R. [3 ]
Huege, T. [2 ]
Isar, P. G. [2 ]
Kampert, K. -H. [8 ]
Kang, D. [3 ]
Kickelbick, D. [6 ]
Klages, H. O. [2 ]
Kolotaev, Y. [6 ]
Luczak, P. [1 ]
Mathes, H. J. [2 ]
Mayer, H. J. [2 ]
Milke, J. [2 ]
Mitrica, B.
Morello, C. [7 ]
Navarra, G. [4 ]
Nehls, S. [2 ]
Oehlschlaeger, J. [2 ]
Ostapchenko, S. [2 ]
Petcu, M. [5 ]
Pierog, T. [2 ]
Rebel, H. [2 ]
Roth, M. [2 ]
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[1] Soltan Inst Nucl Studies, PL-90950 Lodz, Poland
[2] Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Inst Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
[3] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Expt Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
[4] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Gen, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[5] Natl Inst Phys & Nucl Engn, Bucharest 7690, Romania
[6] Univ Siegen, Fachbereich Phys, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
[7] INAF, Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario, I-10133 Turin, Italy
[8] Univ Wuppertal, Fachbereich Phys, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
[9] Univ Bucharest, Dept Phys, Bucharest 76900, Romania
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10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.09.020
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
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.
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