The KASCADE-Grande energy spectrum of cosmic rays and the role of hadronic interaction models

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1456-1469

  Apel, W D ^a   Arteaga Velazquez J C ^b   Bekk, K ^a   Bertaina, M ^c   Blumer J ^a,d   Bozdog, H ^a   Brancus, I M ^e   Cantoni, E ^c,f,m   Chiavassa, A ^c   Cossavella, F ^d,n   Daumiller, K ^a   De Souza, V ^g   Di Pierro, F ^c   Doll, P ^a   Engel, R ^a   Engler, J ^a   Finger, M ^d   Fuchs, B ^d   Fuhrmann, D ^h,o   Gils, H J ^a   Glasstetter, R ^h   Grupen, C ⁱ   Haungs, A ^a   Heck, D ^a   Horandel J R ^j   Huber, D ^d   Huege, T ^a   Kampert, K H ^h   Kang, D ^d   Klages, H O ^a   Link, K ^d   Luczak P ^k   Ludwig, M ^d   Mathes, H J ^a   Mayer, H J ^a   Melissas, M ^d   Milke, J ^a   Mitrica, B ^e   Morello, C ^f   Oehlschlager J ^a   Ostapchenko, S ^a,p   Palmieri, N ^d   Petcu, M ^e   Pierog, T ^a   Rebel, H ^a   Roth, M ^a   Schieler, H ^a   Schoo, S ^a   Schroder F G ^a   Sima, O ^l   Toma, G ^e   Trinchero, G C ^f   Ulrich, H ^a   Weindl, A ^a   Wochele, J ^a   Wommer, M ^a   Zabierowski, J ^k   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^k NATIONAL CENTRE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^m ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^p NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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Author keywords

All particle energy spectrum; Extensive air showers; Hadronic interaction models; KASCADE Grande; Mass composition; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; HARDENING; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; HADRONIC INTERACTION MODELS; KASCADE-GRANDE; MASS COMPOSITION; PARTICLE ENERGY; ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84898829680     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: 18791948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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