High-energy nuclear interactions of cosmic rays (> 1012 eV) observed at 5 200 m above sea level

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S63-S67 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Kamata ◽  
M. LaPointe ◽  
J. Gaebler ◽  
I. Escobar ◽  
S. Shibata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Scintillation Detector ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Active Particles ◽  
Nuclear Interactions ◽  
Shower Array

The shielded 60-m2 scintillation detector in the center of the Chacaltaya air shower array was used to observe large bursts of size greater than 3 000 particles. These bursts are produced mainly by nuclear interactions in the absorber above the scintillator of nuclear-active particles with energy greater than 3 × 1012 eV. The majority of these bursts are accompanied by extensive air showers, which were detected by the BASJE array. However, there are some events which are not accompanied by air showers and are considered to be due to residual primary nucleons. Some features of the data and results of preliminary analysis of these events will be presented.

scholarly journals Tests of the SIBYLL 2.3 high-energy hadronic interaction model using the KASCADE-Grande muon data

2018 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 07003 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.C. Arteaga-Velázquez ◽  
D. Rivera-Rangel ◽  
W.D. Apel ◽  
K. Bekk ◽  
M. Bertaina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Charged Particles ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Attenuation Length ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Hadronic Interaction ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Lateral Density Distribution ◽  
Shower Array

The KASCADE-Grande observatory was a ground-based air shower array dedicated to study the energy and composition of cosmic rays in the energy interval E = 1 PeV –1 EeV. The experiment consisted of different detector systems which allowed the simultaneous measurement of distinct components of air showers (EAS), such as the muon content. In this contribution, we study the total muon number and the lateral density distribution of muons in EAS detected by KASCADE-Grande as a function of the zenith angle and the total number of charged particles. The attenuation length of the muon content of EAS is also measured. The results are compared with the predictions of the SIBYLL 2.3 high-energy hadronic interaction model.

Spectral index of high-energy cosmic rays by the Compton-Getting effect at solar time frame with the Tibet air shower array

2008 ◽  
Vol 175-176 ◽  
pp. 427-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Amenomori ◽  
S. Ayabe ◽  
X.J. Bi ◽  
D. Chen ◽  
S.W. Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Solar Time ◽  
High Energy Cosmic Rays ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Shower Array ◽  
Air Shower Array

Improving the Angular Resolution of the Buckland Park Air Shower Array

1991 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-114
Author(s):  
R. Meyhandan ◽  
R. W. Clay
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Gamma Rays ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Plane Front ◽  
Front Shape ◽  
Shower Array ◽  
Primary Cosmic Rays ◽  
Arrival Directions

AbstractAir showers initiated by primary cosmic rays and gamma rays produce shower fronts which are curved. However, the arrival directions of air shower events have normally been fitted assuming a planar shower front. We present a technique which takes the average shower front shape into account to assign an improved shower direction after a first analysis assuming a plane front. We then examine the resulting angular resolution of the Buckland Park array.

scholarly journals CODALEMA: A COSMIC RAY AIR SHOWER RADIO DETECTION EXPERIMENT

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (supp01) ◽  
pp. 192-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. ARDOUIN ◽  
A. BELLETOILE ◽  
D. CHARRIER ◽  
R. DALLIER ◽  
L. DENIS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Ultra High Energy ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Detection Experiment ◽  
Transient Signals ◽  
High Energy Cosmic Rays ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Radio Detection

The CODALEMA experimental device currently detects and characterizes the radio contribution of cosmic ray air showers : arrival directions and electric field topologies of radio transient signals associated to cosmic rays are extracted from the antenna signals. The measured rate, about 1 event per day, corresponds to an energy threshold around 5.1016eV. These results allow to determine the perspectives offered by the present experimental design for radiodetection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays at a larger scale.

STUDY OF HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS WITH THE SPARSE VERY LARGE AIR SHOWER ARRAY ALTA/CZELTA

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Smolek ◽  
J. Čermák ◽  
S. Pospíšil ◽  
P. Přidal ◽  
J. Smejkal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Cosmic Rays ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Shower Array ◽  
Air Shower Array

scholarly journals Air showers, hadronic models, and muon production

2019 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 02007
Author(s):  
S. J. Sciutto
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Simulation System ◽  
Experimental Measurements ◽  
Ultra High Energy ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
High Energy Cosmic Rays ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Muon Production

We report on a study about some characteristics of muon production during the development of extended air showers initiated by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. Using simulations with the recent new version of the AIRES air shower simulation system, we analyze and discuss on the observed discrepancies between experimental measurements and simulated data.

scholarly journals MEASUREMENTS OF COSMIC RAYS WITH ICETOP/ICECUBE: STATUS AND RESULTS

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (39) ◽  
pp. 1230038 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALESSIO TAMBURRO
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Mass Composition ◽  
Electromagnetic Signal ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Nuclear Composition ◽  
Shower Development ◽  
Transient Events

The IceCube Observatory at the South Pole is composed of a cubic kilometer scale neutrino telescope buried beneath the icecap and a square-kilometer surface water Cherenkov tank detector array known as IceTop. The combination of the surface array with the in-ice detector allows the dominantly electromagnetic signal of air showers at the surface and their high-energy muon signal in the ice to be measured in coincidence. This ratio is known to carry information about the nuclear composition of the primary cosmic rays. This paper reviews the recent results from cosmic-ray measurements performed with IceTop/IceCube: energy spectrum, mass composition, anisotropy, search for PeV γ sources, detection of high energy muons to probe the initial stages of the air shower development, and study of transient events using IceTop in scaler mode.

THE DETECTION OF THE HIGH-ENERGY EAS MUON COMPONENT WITH THE LST DETECTOR OF KASCADE-GRANDE

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (29) ◽  
pp. 6781-6783
Author(s):  
◽  
A. BERCUCI ◽  
T. ANTONI ◽  
W. D. APEL ◽  
F. BADEA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Central Zone ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Muon Component ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Streamer Tube ◽  
Energy Discrimination ◽  
Extended Area

A Limited Streamer Tube (LST) detector system has been installed at the KASCADE-Grande experiment to study the Extensive Air Showers (EAS) muon component above a threshold of 2.4 GeV. The extended area of 255 m2 of the LST and the fine granularity of detection enables a detailed study of the muon spatial distribution in the very central zone of the air shower. A dedicated, fractal based analysis has been developed to take advantage of the observables of this detector setup. The sensitivity on cosmic rays mass and energy discrimination has been verified, based on 1.5 years of data collection by the KASCADE experiment.

scholarly journals COSMIC RAYS FROM THE KNEE TO THE SECOND KNEE: 1014 TO 1018eV

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (21) ◽  
pp. 1533-1551 ◽  
Author(s):  
JÖRG R. HÖRANDEL
Keyword(s):  
Energy Spectrum ◽  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Energy Region ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Particle Energy ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Energy Particles

The energies of cosmic rays, fully ionized charged nuclei, extend over a wide range up to 1020 eV. A particularly interesting energy region spans from 1014 to 1018 eV, where the all-particle energy spectrum exhibits two interesting structures, the "knee" and the "second knee". An explanation of these features is thought to be an important step in understanding the origin of the high-energy particles. Recent results of air shower experiments in this region are discussed. Special attention is drawn to explain the principle of air shower measurements — a simple Heitler model of (hadronic) air showers is developed.

Estimation of mass composition of high energy cosmic rays via modeling a relation between lateral distribution parameters and shower age

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (14) ◽  
pp. 1750161
Author(s):  
Saeed Doostmohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Lateral Distribution ◽  
Mass Composition ◽  
Air Showers ◽  
Extensive Air Shower ◽  
High Energy Cosmic Rays ◽  
Air Shower ◽  
Distribution Parameters

Lateral distribution function of extensive air showers of energetic cosmic rays, indicate how secondary particles spread over a surface detectors. There are many different universal formulas between lateral distribution parameters and shower age parameter which can be used to infer about maximum development of extensive air shower (which is a key parameter to estimate the mass composition of primary cosmic rays). At present work, an estimated percent of mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays is investigated by comparison between Ivanov et al. modeling of simulated data, which has been done by CoRSiKa, and Yakutsk experimental data.

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