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

Abstract A 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

Andreas Haungs | G. Toma | M. E. Bertaina | J. C. Arteaga | K. Bekk | H. Bozdog | I. M. Brancus | E. Cantoni | K. Daumiller | V. de Souza | P. Doll | D. Fuhrmann | D. Heck | P. G. Isar | D. Kang | K. Link | M. Ludwig | H. J. Mathes | M. Melissas | C. Morello | N. Palmieri | H. Rebel | H. Schieler | G. C. Trinchero | A. Weindl | J. Wochele | M. Wommer | R. Glasstetter | J. Milke | B. Mitrica | R. Obenland | M. Petcu | Tanguy Pierog | Markus Roth | Tim Huege | P. L. Ghia | H. O. Klages | G. Navarra | H. J. Gils | P. Buchholz | J. Oehlschläger | Ralph Engel | F. Di Pierro | J. Engler | P. Łuczak | Frank G. Schröder | H. Ulrich | S. Ostapchenko | Octavian Sima | A. Chiavassa | W. D. Apel | H. J. Mayer | W. Apel | J. Milke | M. Roth | J. Hörandel | H. Mathes | T. Huege | A. Chiavassa | H. Rebel | C. Büttner | F. Cossavella | K. Kampert | R. Engel | T. Pierog | V. Souza | C. Morello | D. Heck | G. Schatz | B. Mitrica | F. Schröder | H. Schieler | A. Weindl | K. Daumiller | P. Ghia | H. Klages | I. Brancus | K. Link | K. Bekk | P. Doll | J. Engler | R. Glasstetter | H. Mayer | R. Obenland | J. Oehlschläger | S. Ostapchenko | M. Petcu | J. Zabierowski | J. Blümer | F. Pierro | G. Navarra | S. Nehls | S. Over | G. Toma | G. Trinchero | M. Melissas | M. Finger | D. Fuhrmann | D. Kang | D. Kickelbick | P. Łuczak | M. Wommer | E. Cantoni | M. Ludwig | N. Palmieri | C. Grupen | Jörg R. Hörandel | K. H. Kampert | F. Cossavella | J. Zabierowski | J. Blümer | G. Schatz | C. Büttner | S. Nehls | S. Over | Marcelo Finger | D. Kickelbick | P. Buchholz | C. Grupen | A. Haungs | O. Sima | M. Bertaina | H. Bozdog | H. Gils | H. Ulrich | J. Wochele

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