Energy spectra of elemental groups of cosmic rays: Update on the KASCADE unfolding analysis

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-91

  Apel, W D ^a   Arteaga, J C ^b   Badea, A F ^a   Bekk, K ^a   Blumer J ^a,b   Bozdog, H ^a   Brancus, I M ^c   Bruggemann M ^d   Buchholz, P ^d   Cossavella, F ^b   Daumiller, K ^a   de Souza, V ^b   Doll, P ^a   Engel, R ^a   Engler, J ^a   Finger, M ^a   Fuhrmann, D ^e   Gils, H J ^a   Glasstetter, R ^e   Grupen, C ^d   Haungs, A ^a   Heck, D ^a   Horandel J R ^b   Huege, T ^a   Isar, P G ^a   Kampert, K H ^e   Kang, D ^b   Kickelbick, D ^d   Klages, H O ^a   Kolotaev, Y ^d   Luczak P ^f   Mathes, H J ^a   Mayer, H J ^a   Milke, J ^a   Mitrica, B ^c   Nehls, S ^a   Oehlschlager J ^a   Ostapchenko, S ^a   Over, S ^d   Petcu, M ^c   Pierog, T ^a   Rebel, H ^a   Roth, M ^a   Schatz, G ^a   Schieler, H ^a   Schroder F ^a   Sima, O ^g   Stumpert M ^b   Toma, G ^c   Ulrich, H ^a   van Buren, J ^a   Walkowiak, W ^d   Weindl, A ^a   Wochele, J ^a   Wommer, M ^a   Zabierowski, J ^f   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^f SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray composition; Cosmic ray energy spectrum; FLUKA; GHEISHA; Hadronic interaction models; KASCADE; The knee

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COSMOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

COSMIC RAY COMPOSITION; COSMIC RAY ENERGY SPECTRUM; FLUKA; GHEISHA; HADRONIC INTERACTION MODELS; KASCADE; THE KNEE;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 59049088222     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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