Tests of the SIBYLL 2.3 high-energy hadronic interaction model using the KASCADE-Grande muon data

J.C. Arteaga-Velázquez; D. Rivera-Rangel; W.D. Apel; K. Bekk; M. Bertaina; J. Blümer; H. Bozdog; I.M. Brancus; E. Cantoni; A. Chiavassa; F. Cossavella; K. Daumiller; V. de Souza; F. Di Pierro; P. Doll; R. Engel; D. Fuhrmann; A. Gherghel-Lascu; H.J. Gils; R. Glasstetter; C. Grupen; A. Haungs; D. Heck; J.R. Hörandel; T. Huege; K.H. Kampert; D. Kang; H.O. Klages; K. Link; P. Łuczak; H.J. Mathes; H.J. Mayer; J. Milke; B. Mitrica; C. Morello; J. Oehlschläger; S. Ostapchenko; T. Pierog; H. Rebel; M. Roth; H. Schieler; S. Schoo; F.G. Schröder; O. Sima; G. Toma; G.C. Trinchero; H. Ulrich; A. Weindl; J. Wochele; J. Zabierowski

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201817207003

Proceedings

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EPJ Web of Conferences 172, 07003 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817207003

Tests of the SIBYLL 2.3 high-energy hadronic interaction model using the KASCADE-Grande muon data

J.C. Arteaga-Velázquez¹^*, D. Rivera-Rangel¹^**, W.D. Apel², K. Bekk², M. Bertaina³, J. Blümer²^,4^,14, H. Bozdog², I.M. Brancus⁵, E. Cantoni³^,6^,15, A. Chiavassa³, F. Cossavella⁴^,16, K. Daumiller², V. de Souza⁷, F. Di Pierro³, P. Doll², R. Engel², D. Fuhrmann⁸^,17, A. Gherghel-Lascu⁵, H.J. Gils², R. Glasstetter⁸, C. Grupen⁹, A. Haungs²^,18^***, D. Heck², J.R. Hörandel¹⁰, T. Huege², K.H. Kampert⁸, D. Kang², H.O. Klages², K. Link⁴, P. Łuczak¹¹, H.J. Mathes², H.J. Mayer², J. Milke², B. Mitrica⁵, C. Morello⁶, J. Oehlschläger², S. Ostapchenko¹², T. Pierog², H. Rebel², M. Roth², H. Schieler², S. Schoo², F.G. Schröder², O. Sima¹³, G. Toma⁵, G.C. Trinchero⁶, H. Ulrich², A. Weindl², J. Wochele² and J. Zabierowski¹¹

¹ Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
² Institut für Kernphysik, KIT - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
³ Departimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
⁴ Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, KIT - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
⁵ Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
⁶ Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, INAF Torino, Italy
⁷ Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Brasil
⁸ Fachbereich Physik, Universität Wuppertal, Germany
⁹ Department of Physics, Siegen University, Germany
¹⁰ Department of Astrophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
¹¹ National Centre for Nuclear Research, Department of Astrophysics, Lodz, Poland
¹² Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
¹³ Department of Physics, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
¹⁴ Now: Head of Division V at KIT - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
¹⁵ Now at: Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, INRIM, Torino, Italy
¹⁶ Now at: DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
¹⁷ Now at: University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
¹⁸ Spokesperson KASCADE-Grande

^* e-mail: arteaga@ifm.umich.mx
^** e-mail: drivera@ifm.umich.mx
^*** e-mail: andreas.haungs@kit.edu

Published online: 26 January 2018

Abstract

The KASCADE-Grande observatory was a ground-based air shower array dedicated to study the energy and composition of cosmic rays in the energy interval E = 1 PeV –1 EeV. The experiment consisted of different detector systems which allowed the simultaneous measurement of distinct components of air showers (EAS), such as the muon content. In this contribution, we study the total muon number and the lateral density distribution of muons in EAS detected by KASCADE-Grande as a function of the zenith angle and the total number of charged particles. The attenuation length of the muon content of EAS is also measured. The results are compared with the predictions of the SIBYLL 2.3 high-energy hadronic interaction model.

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