Speaker
Mr
Sven Schoo
(KIT)
Description
The KASCADE experiment and its extension KASCADE-Grande have significantly contributed to the current knowledge about the energy spectrum and composition of cosmic rays (CRs) with energies between the knee and the ankle. However, the data of both experiments were analysed separately, although Grande used the muon information of the KASCADE-array.
A coherent analysis based on the combined data of both arrays is expected to profit from reconstructed shower observables with even higher accuracy compared to the stand-alone analyses. In addition, a significantly larger fiducial area is available.
By this analysis we obtain the spectrum and composition of CRs
in the range from $10^{14}$ to $10^{18} \, \mathrm{eV}$ with a larger number of events and further reduced uncertainties using one unique reconstruction procedure for the entire energy range. This contribution will provide an outline of the reconstruction procedure used and the energy spectrum and composition obtained will be presented.
| Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" | 306 |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | KASCADE-Grande |
Primary author
Mr
Sven Schoo
(KIT)
