Investigation of the EAS Lateral Particle Density at 500 m Distance from Shower Core
- National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Horia Hulubei, Bucharest (Romania)
For the experimental conditions of the KASCADE-Grande experiment, the density of EAS charged particles at the distance of about 500 m from the shower core S(500) has been shown by detailed simulation studies to be an approximate energy estimator, being nearly independent of the mass of the primary particle. This report presents some experimentally observed features of the S(500) observable registered with the KASCADE-Grande array installed at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany The measured energy deposits of particles in the 37 scintillation detector stations have been used to reconstruct the lateral charged particle distributions that are described by a Linsley parameterization (LDF). Among other features, the S(500) dependence from the EAS angle of incidence has been studied.
- OSTI ID:
- 21052901
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 972, Issue 1; Conference: Carpathian summer school of physics 2007 on exotic nuclei and nuclear/particle astrophysics (II), Sinaia (Romania), 21-31 Aug 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2870461; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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