Speaker
Schoo Sven
(KIT)
Description
The KASCADE-Grande Muon Tracking Detector allowed measurements with high accuracy
for the directions of EAS muons having energy above 0.8 GeV. Combining information about the
direction of the extensive air shower, obtained with the KASCADE-Grande particle detector array,
and the directions of reconstructed muon tracks we have investigated the muon production heights
by means of the triangulation method. The obtained results gave us direct insight into the
longitudinal development of the muonic component of EAS for showers with the primary energy
above 10^16 eV.
Distributions of measured muon production heights are compared to the distributions
obtained for showers simulated with CORSIKA for proton and iron primaries. In the simulations
the following four models: QGSJet-II-02, QGSJet-II-04, EPOS1.99 and EPOS-LHC, in
combination with FLUKA, were used and their ability to reproduce the experimental results is
discussed.
| Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" | 306 |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | KASCADE-Grande |
Authors
Prof.
Janusz Zabierowski
(National Centre for Nuclear Research, Astrophysics Division, Poland)
Pawel Luczak
(National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
Co-author
Schoo Sven
(KIT)
