Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 191-194, 2011
www.astrophys-space-sci-trans.net/7/191/2011/
doi:10.5194/astra-7-191-2011
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27 May 2011
Primary energy reconstruction from the charged particle densities recorded at 500 m distance from shower core with the KASCADE-Grande detector
G. Toma4, W. D. Apel1, J. C. Arteaga2,10, K. Bekk1, M. Bertaina3, J. Blümer1,2, H. Bozdog1, I. M. Brâncuş4, P. Buchholz5, E. Cantoni3,6, A. Chiavassa3, F. Cossavella2,14, K. Daumiller1, V. de Souza2,11, F. Di Pierro3, P. Doll1, R. Engel1, J. Engler1, M. Finger1, D. Fuhrmann7, P. L. Ghia6, H. J. Gils1, R. Glasstetter7, C. Grupen5, A. Haungs1, D. Heck1, J. R. Hörandel2,12, T. Huege1, P. G. Isar1,15, K.-H. Kampert7, D. Kang2, D. Kickelbick5, H. O. Klages1, K. Link2, P. Łuczak8, M. Ludwig2, H. J. Mathes1, H. J. Mayer1, M. Melissas2, J. Milke1, B. Mitrică4, C. Morello6, G. Navarra3,16, S. Nehls1, J. Oehlschläger1, S. Ostapchenko1,13, S. Over5, N. Palmieri2, M. Petcu4, T. Pierog1, H. Rebel1, M. Roth1, H. Schieler1, F. G. Schröder1, O. Sima9, G. C. Trinchero6, H. Ulrich1, A. Weindl1, J. Wochele1, M. Wommer1, and J. Zabierowski8
1Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - Campus Nord, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
2Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - Campus Süd, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
3Dipartimento di Fisica Generale dell'Università, 10125 Torino, Italy
4National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 7690 Bucharest, Romania
5Fachbereich Physik, Universität Siegen, 57068 Siegen, Germany
6Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, INAF, 10133 Torino, Italy
7Fachbereich Physik, Universität Wuppertal, 42097 Wuppertal, Germany
8Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, 90950 Łódź, Poland
9Department of Physics, University of Bucharest, 76900 Bucharest, Romania
10now at: Universidad Michoacana, Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Mexico
11now at: Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Fîsica de São Carlos, Brasil
12now at: Dept. of Astrophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
13now at: University of Trondheim, Norway
14now at: Max-Plank-Institüt für Physik, München, Germany
15now at: Institute for Space Sciences, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
16deceased

Abstract. Previous EAS investigations have shown that for a fixed primary energy the charged particle density becomes independent of the primary mass at certain (fixed) distances from the shower axis. This feature can be used as an estimator for the primary energy. We present results on the reconstruction of the primary energy spectrum of cosmic rays from the experimentally recorded S(500) observable (the density of charged particles at a distance of 500 m to the shower core as measured in a plane normal to the shower axis) using the KASCADE-Grande detector array. The KASCADE-Grande experiment is hosted by the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology – Campus North, Karlsruhe, Germany, 110 m a.s.l. and operated by an international collaboration. The obtained primary energy spectrum is presented along with the result of another reconstruction technique presently employed at KASCADE-Grande.

Citation: Toma, G., Apel, W. D., Arteaga, J. C., Bekk, K., Bertaina, M., Blümer, J., Bozdog, H., Brâncuş, I. M., Buchholz, P., Cantoni, E., Chiavassa, A., Cossavella, F., Daumiller, K., de Souza, V., Di Pierro, F., Doll, P., Engel, R., Engler, J., Finger, M., Fuhrmann, D., Ghia, P. L., Gils, H. J., Glasstetter, R., Grupen, C., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J. R., Huege, T., Isar, P. G., Kampert, K.-H., Kang, D., Kickelbick, D., Klages, H. O., Link, K., Łuczak, P., Ludwig, M., Mathes, H. J., Mayer, H. J., Melissas, M., Milke, J., Mitrică, B., Morello, C., Navarra, G., Nehls, S., Oehlschläger, J., Ostapchenko, S., Over, S., Palmieri, N., Petcu, M., Pierog, T., Rebel, H., Roth, M., Schieler, H., Schröder, F. G., Sima, O., Trinchero, G. C., Ulrich, H., Weindl, A., Wochele, J., Wommer, M., and Zabierowski, J.: Primary energy reconstruction from the charged particle densities recorded at 500 m distance from shower core with the KASCADE-Grande detector, Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 191-194, doi:10.5194/astra-7-191-2011, 2011.
 
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