Muon tracking detector for the air shower experiment KASCADE

KASCADE extensive air shower experiment

The main aim of the KASCADE extensive air shower (EAS) experiment is the determination of the chemical composition of cosmic rays in the energy range around and above the knee at Ek ≈ 3 PeV. A large number of observables is measured simultaneously for each individual event, by the combination of various detection techniques for the electromagnetic, the muonic, and the hadronic component of the ...

Large Muon Tracking Detector in the KASCADE EAS Experiment

Accurate measurements of the muon component in EAS are particularily important for determination of the primary CR spectrum and composition. Multiparameter analysis possibilities in KASCADE have been recently enhanced by starting the operation of a large area streamer tube muon tracking detector. With its acceptance of about 500 m·sr it identifies EAS muons with energy exceeding 0.8 GeV. The re...

30TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE Muon Production Height in the Air-Shower Experiment KASCADE-Grande

A large area (128m) Muon Tracking Detector (MTD), located within the KASCADE experiment, has been built with the aim to identify muons (Eμ >0.8GeV) and their directions in extensive air showers by track measurements under more than 18 r.l. shielding. The orientation of the muon track with respect to the shower axis is expressed in terms of the radialand tangential angles. By means of triangulat...

The Extensive Air Shower Experiment Kascade - First Results

The extensive air shower (EAS) experiment KASCADE has started its operation at the laboratory site of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, at 49 N, 8 E, 110 m above sea level. It consists of an extended (200 200m 2) array of electron detectors and muon detectors as well as of a compact and complex central detector system. The latter contains a dense scintillator matrix, muon tracking detectors, a s...

Recent Results from the Kascade Air Shower Experiment