1. Study of themuon content of high-energy air showers with KASCADE-Grande
- Author
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A. Chiavassa, J. Blümer, C. Morello, T. Huege, A. Weindl, H. Bozdog, D. Rivera-Rangel, V. de Souza, Claus Grupen, Jörg R. Hörandel, E. Cantoni, D. Kang, H.O. Klages, Kai Daumiller, T. Pierog, Alexandru Gherghel-Lascu, Markus Roth, J. Oehlschläger, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, P. Łuczak, G.C. Trinchero, F. Di Pierro, K. Bekk, H. J. Mathes, F.G. Schröder, I.M. Brancus, R. Glasstetter, G. Toma, J. Wochele, Octavian Sima, K. H. Kampert, D. Heck, H.J. Gils, H.J. Mayer, P. Doll, K. Link, A. Haungs, J. Zabierowski, D. Fuhrmann, M. E. Bertaina, H. Rebel, J. Milke, F. Cossavella, S. Schoo, W. D. Apel, H. Schieler, S. Ostapchenko, Ralph Engel, H. Ulrich, and B. Mitrica
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Physics ,Technology ,Muon ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,QC1-999 ,Hadron ,Attenuation length ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Cosmic ray ,01 natural sciences ,Charged particle ,Nuclear physics ,Shower ,KASCADE ,0103 physical sciences ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,010306 general physics ,ddc:600 ,Zenith - Abstract
In this work, we report measurements on the muon content (Eth > 230 MeV) of extensive air showers (EAS) induced by cosmic rays with primary energy from 10 PeV up to 1 EeV performed with the KASCADE-Grande experiment. The measurements are confronted with SIBYLL 2.3. The results are focused on the dependence of the total muon number and the lateral density distribution of muons in EAS on the zenith angle and the total number of charged particles in the shower. We also present updated results of a detailed study of the attenuation length of shower muons, which reveal a deviation between the measured data and the predictions of the post-LHC hadronic interaction models SIBYLL 2.3, QGSJET-II-04 and EPOS-LHC.
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- 2019