Muon tracking detector for the air shower experiment KASCADE

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作者
Doll, P [1 ]
Bartl, W
Büttner, C
Daumiller, K
Kampert, KH
Klages, HO
Martello, D
Obenland, R
Pentchev, L
Zabierowski, J
机构
[1] Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Inst Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] OAW, Inst Hochenergiephys, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
[3] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Expt Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
[4] Univ Lecce, Dept Phys, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
[5] Inst Nucl Energy Res, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria
[6] Andrzej Soltan Inst Nucl Studies, PL-90950 Lodz, Poland
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10.1016/S0168-9002(02)00560-0
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A large area streamer tube detector, located within the KASCADE experiment, has been built with the aim to identify rations and their directions from extensive air showers by track measurements under more than 18 r.1. shielding. 1000 streamer tube chambers of 4 m length have been produced and tested. The detector concept is presented. The influence of the design and operational factors on the detector performance are shown. Various approaches to determine the angular resolution of the muon tracking detector are discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:517 / 535
页数:19
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