The Kascade experiment

Schatz, G.; Apel, W. D.; Bekk, K.; Bollmann, E.; Bozdog, H.; Brancus, I. M.; Brendle, M.; Capdevielle, J. N.; Chilingarian, A.; Daumiller, K.; Döll, P.; Engler, J.; Föller, M.; Gabriel, P.; Gils, H.J.; Glasstetter, R.; Haungs, A.; Heck, D.; Hörandel, J. R.; Kampert, Karl-Heinz; Keim, H.; Kempa, J.; Klages, H. O.; Knapp, J.; Mathes, H.J.; Mayer, H.J.; Mielke, H.H.; Mühlenberg, D.; Oehlschläger, J.; Petcu, M.; Rämer, Chr.; Raidt, U.; Rebel, H.; Roth, M.; Schieler, H.; Schmalz, Gerd; Simonis, H. J.; Thouw, T.; Unger, J.; Völker, G.; Vulpescu, B.; Wagner, Gerhard; Wdowczyk, J.; Weber, J.H.; Wentz, J.; Wetzel, Y.; Wibig, T.; Wiegert, Theresa; Wochele, Doris; Wochele, J.; Zabierowski, J.; Zagromski, S.; Zeitnitz, B.

doi:10.1016/s0920-5632(96)00852-3

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“…and has been described in detail in [24,25]. The experiment has three major components: an array of electron and muon detectors, a central detector mainly for hadron measurements but with substantial muon detection areas, The central hadron calorimeter is of the sampling type and has a fiducial area of 16×19 m 2 .…”

Section: The Kascade Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Electron, muon, and hadron lateral distributions measured in air showers by the KASCADE experiment

Antoni¹,

Apel²,

Badea³

et al. 2001

Astroparticle Physics

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Section: The Kascade Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Electron, muon, and hadron lateral distributions measured in air showers by the KASCADE experiment

Antoni¹,

Apel²,

Badea³

et al. 2001

Astroparticle Physics

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“…Some data are available from accelerator experiments such as HERA, 7 and showers of about 10 16 eV are now being well studied through experiments such as KASCADE. 8 The models are thus constrained at lower energies and then extrapolated at higher ranges.…”

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“…(8). However the large density of gamma rays released in the early Universe impacts on the 4 He production and on the uniformity of the CMB making this kind of models currently unfavored in the context of EHECR.…”

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Physics of Extremely High Energy Cosmic Rays

Bertou

Boratav

Letessier‐Selvon

2000

Int. J. Mod. Phys. A

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Over the last third of the century, a few tens of events, detected by ground-based cosmic ray detectors, have opened a new window in the field of high-energy astrophysics. These events have macroscopic energies -exceeding 5 × 10 19 eV -, unobserved sources -if supposed to be in our vicinity -, an unknown chemical composition and a production and transport mechanism yet to be explained. With a flux as low as one particle per century per square kilometer, only dedicated detectors with huge apertures can bring in the high-quality and statistically significant data needed to answer those questions. In this article, we review the present status of the field both from an experimental and theoretical point of view. Special attention is given to the next generation of detectors devoted to the thorough exploration of the highest energy ranges.

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“…As a subsystem to the KASCADE experiment [3] a large area Muon Tracking Detector (MTD) consisting out of Streamer Tube (ST) chambers was put into operation. KASCADE at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe is taking data since 1996, measuring various shower parameters with a 200 Â 200 m 2 scintillator array and a central detector, consisting of a hadron calorimeter and muon detectors.…”

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Muon tracking detector for the air shower experiment KASCADE

Döll¹,

Bartl

Büttner³

et al. 2002

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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A large area streamer tube detector, located within the KASCADE experiment, has been built with the aim to identify muons and their directions from extensive air showers by track measurements under more than 18 r.l. shielding. 1000 streamer tube chambers of 4 m length have been produced and tested. The detector concept is presented. The influence of the design and operational factors on the detector performance are shown. Various approaches to determine the angular resolution of the muon tracking detector are discussed. r

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The Kascade experiment

Cited by 67 publications

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Electron, muon, and hadron lateral distributions measured in air showers by the KASCADE experiment

Electron, muon, and hadron lateral distributions measured in air showers by the KASCADE experiment

Physics of Extremely High Energy Cosmic Rays

Muon tracking detector for the air shower experiment KASCADE

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