The cosmic-ray experiment KASCADE

被引:320
作者
Antoni, T
Apel, WD
Badea, F
Bekk, K
Bercuci, A
Blümer, H
Bozdog, H
Brancus, IM
Büttner, C
Chilingarian, A
Daumiller, K
Doll, P
Engler, J [1 ]
Fessler, F
Gils, HJ
Glasstetter, R
Haeusler, R
Haungs, A
Heck, D
Hörandel, JR
Iwan, A
Kampert, KH
Klages, HO
Maier, G
Mathes, HJ
Mayer, HJ
Milke, J
Müller, M
Obenland, R
Oehlschläger, J
Ostapchenko, S
Petcu, M
Rebel, H
Risse, M
Roth, M
Schatz, G
Schieler, H
Scholz, J
Thouw, T
Ulrich, H
Vardanyan, A
Weber, J
Weindl, A
Wentz, J
Wochele, J
Zabierowski, J
Zagromski, S
机构
[1] Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Inst Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Expt Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
[3] Natl Inst Phys & Nuc Engn, Bucharest 7690, Romania
[4] Soltan Inst Nucl Studies, PL-90950 Lodz, Poland
[5] Soltan Inst Nucl Studies, Yerevan 90950, Armenia
关键词
extensive air shower detector; cosmic-ray detection;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(03)02076-X
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
KASCADE has been designed to measure air showers of primary cosmic-ray energies in the PeV region and to investigate the knee phenomenon in the all-particle energy spectrum. Several observations are measured simultaneously for each event by different detector systems. The experiment started to take data in 1996 and has been completed and extended since then. The individual detector systems and their performances are described. Also, the experience in long-term operation of the experiment and the interplay between different components is outlined. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:490 / 510
页数:21
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