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Nonparametric determination of energy spectra and mass composition of primary cosmic rays for slant depth
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| Author | Roth, Markus Antoni, T. Badea, Francisco Bekk, K. Bercuci, Alexandru Bollmann, Erik Bozdog, H. Chilingarian, A. A. Daumiller, Kai Doll, Paul Julien Engler, J. Fessler, F. Glasstetter, R. Häusler, Rudolf Haungs, Andreas Heck, D. Holst, Thomas Iwan, Agnieszka Kempa, Janusz Knapp, Johanna Maier, Gert Milke, Jens-Michael Obenland, Ralf Oehlschl, J. Petcu, Mihai Rebel, Hermann Risse, Markus Schatz, G. Schieler, H. Scholz, Juergen Thouw, T. Ulrich, H. Vulpescu, Bogdan Wentz, Juergen Wochele, J. Zabierowski, J. Zagromski, S. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | The data measured by the KASCADE (KArlsruhe Shower Core and Array DEtector) experiment are the basis for a multi-component analysis with the aim to determine the mass composition of the primary cosmic rays in the knee region. We discuss the methods used for estimating mass and energy of primary particles by utilizing neural network and nonparametric classification methods. By applying such techniques, measured data have been analyzed in an event- by-event mode and the mass and energy of individual EAS inducing particles are reconstructed. Results of all-particle energy spectra and relative abundances for different groups of primary particles are presented on basis of the electron and muon size data measured for different slant depths. The analyses of measured data indicate a transition to a heavier composition above a knee energy of ca. 5 PeV. It turns out that the mass composition depends on the particular set of observables (e.g. electron size Ne, truncated muon sizeN tr , hadron size Nh, most energetic hadron E max h ,.) being con- sidered simultaneously in the analysis. Though different sets of observables result in a qualitativly similar mass compo- sition, quantitatively this leads to conspicuous differences. In this way the limitations of a particular interaction model are revealed and the necessity of detailed studies of correla- tions of EAS observables as a test of the hadronic interaction model is demonstrated. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://particle.astro.ru.nl/pub/27ICRC1-88.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
